Mr. Shawn was Mr. Carve's secretary and companion, not his valet.
PETER. (Puzzled, but accepting the situation.) Ah! So much the better.
Now, Mr. Shawn, can you tell me authoritatively whether shortly before
his death Mr. Carve was engaged to be married under romantic
circumstances to a lady of high rank?
HONORIA. Indeed!
CARVE. Who told you that?
PETER. Then he was!
CARVE. I've nothing to say.
PETER. You won't tell me her name?
CARVE. I've nothing to say.
PETER. Secondly, I'm instructed to offer something considerable for your
signature to an account of Ilam Carve's eccentric life on the Continent.
CARVE. Eccentric life on the Continent!
PETER. I shouldn't keep you half an hour--three quarters at most. A
hundred pounds. Cash down, you know. Bank notes. All you have to do is
to sign.
CARVE. (To Janet, exhausted, but disdainful.) I wouldn't mind signing
an order for the fellow's execution.
PETER. A hundred and fifty!
CARVE. Or burning at the stake.
PETER. (To LOOE.
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