Well, I’m no chicken, and I’m not going to stand any of your nonsense. Tell us straight out what the doctor says and be damned to you. I beg your pardon, my dear, but I have to talk to the old fool in the only way he understands.
Dr. Macfarlane.
Very rough, isn’t he?
John.
The gentlest pirate who ever cut a throat.
Colonel Wharton.
You know, you’re a transparent old fraud, Doctor. The moment you came in I saw you had some bad news for me. You were expecting to find Evelyn alone.
Dr. Macfarlane.
This is the hour at which all self-respecting retired colonels are reading the Times in their study.
Mrs. Wharton.