'I had a wire from him asking me to call. They want me to call.
They want me to take up Claudia Winslow's part in the number one
company.'

'That's good.'

'Why?'

'Well--er--what I mean--well, isn't it? What I mean is, leading
part, and so forth.'

'In a touring company?'

'Yes, I see what you mean,' said Lord Dawlish, who didn't at all.
He thought rather highly of the number one companies that hailed
from the theatre of which Mr Maginnis was proprietor.

'And anyhow, I ought to have had the part in the first place
instead of when the tour's half over. They are at Southampton this
week. He wants me to join them there and go on to Portsmouth with
them.'

'You'll like Portsmouth.'

'Why?'

'Well--er--good links quite near.'

'You know I don't play golf.'