[John sits down, and James Bush, without
thinking, follows his example
.]

John.

What d'you think you'll get out of making a row at the inquest? Of course, there'll be an inquest.

James.

Yes, I know there will. And I'm lookin' forward to it, I can tell you.

John.

I wouldn't have said that if I'd been you.

James.

[Quite unconscious of the construction that may be put on his last words—full of his own grievances.] I've 'ad something to put up with, I 'ave.

John.