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Rh Or angels?

Call them what you like.

Well, then?

I thought I saw something. (Apologetically.) The light is so dim.

The men in the next room don't like bright lights.

But you can keep the door closed.

(shaking his head). It won't stay closed. It's rickety—like everything else in the building. (He crosses to the windows.) I'll open the curtains if you like.

(watching him). Aren't you afraid of the Zeppelins?

Too much of a fatalist for that. They were here a week ago.

And didn't hurt you?

Blew up yards and yards of pavement with the result that we had to lay wooden boards in the street. The hospital wasn't damaged.

(evidently referring to a previous conversation). Another miracle!

What?

(mildly bantering). You seem to live in the midst of the supernatural!

(nodding gravely). Yes.

And you were born in Bangor,