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!