TRIPPETT. Ever been vaccinated?

JOHN. Well, my godfather was Mr. Tully and my godmother was——

TRIPPETT. I said vaccinated——

JOHN. Oh, I beg——

TULLY. Oh no, he never catches anything!

TRIPPETT (writing again). Now, Mr. Ayers, you say you were travelling in one of the company’s ’buses when this accident took place.

JOHN. Of course I was—last Friday—coming from Kew. Oh! (Groans.)

MAMIE. Poor John!

TULLY. Poor John!

JOHN (to MAMIE). I’m afraid you won’t have me with you much longer, darling!