CARVE. Ilam Carve was not a Catholic.
LOOE. Mind, I do not ask if he died in the consolations of the faith. I
know that he did not. I have learnt that it occurred to neither you nor
the doctor nor the nurse to send for a priest. Strange omission. But not
the fault of the dying man.
CARVE. Ilam Carve was not a Catholic.
LOOE. Then what was he?
CARVE. Nothing in particular.
LOOE. Then I claim him. Then I claim him.... Honoria!
CARVE. (In a new tone..) Look here--what's all this about?
LOOE. (Rising.) I will tell you at once what it is about, Mr. Shawn.
There is a question of Ilam Carve being buried in Westminster Abbey.
CARVE. (Thunderstruck.) Buried in Westminster Abbey?
LOOK. Lady Leonard Alcar has consulted me about the matter. I may say
that I have the honour to be her spiritual director. Probably you know
that Lord Leonard Alcar owns the finest collection of Ilam Carve's
pictures in Europe.
JANET. I've often wondered who it is that settles whether people shall
be buried in the Abbey or not.
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