[Calling.] Selim!

Alec.

No, don't trouble. The poor chap's just turned in, dropping with sleep. I told him he might till I called him. I don't want much, and I can easily get it myself. [He goes to a case and takes out a tin of meat and some ship's biscuits.] It's rather a nuisance that we've not been able to get any game lately.

[He sets the food down before him, sits down,
and begins to eat.

Dick.

[Ironically.] Appetising, isn't it?

Alec.

Splendid!

Dick.

You have all the instincts of the primeval savage, Alec. It enrages and disgusts me.