Somebody has to keep calm.
(Voice off: "Butcher.")
CARVE. Anybody would say you didn't care a cent whether I'm Ilam Carve
or whether I'm somebody else.
JANET. What does it matter to me who you are, so long as you're you?
Men are so unpractical. You can be the Shah of Persia if you like--I
don't mind.
CARVE. But aren't you convinced now?
(Voice off: "Butcher.")
JANET. (With an enigmatic smile at CARVE.) Coming! Coming!
(Exit.)
(The stage is darkened to indicate the passage of several
months.)
SCENE 2
TIME.--Before daylight on a morning in February. Fire burning in grate.
Also a speck of gas. Otherwise it is dark.
CARVE is discovered reposing-in an easy-chair. Enter JANET with
a candle.
JANET. (Stiffly.) So you've not been to sleep either?
CARVE. (Stiffly.) Oh yes; had an excellent night in this chair.
JANET. (Going to fire.) Now, you're only boasting. If you've had such
an excellent night (imitating him), who's kept up such an excellent
fire?
CARVE.
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