[EDITOR. Yes?
AUTHOR. To tell the truth I am rather stuck for the moment.
EDITOR. What is the trouble?
AUTHOR. I don't quite know what to do with Robert for ten hours or
so.
EDITOR. Couldn't he go somewhere by a local line?
AUTHOR. This is not a humorous story. The point is that I want him
to be outside a certain house some twenty miles from town at eight
o'clock that evening.
EDITOR. If I were Robert I should certainly start at once.