[last lines]
Doctor Jenner:
[about John Brown]
Cause of death was pneumonia.
Henry Ponsonby:
Not too protracted, I hope.
Doctor Jenner:
A few days. When he heard, the Prince of Wales threw the bust over the wall of the north tower. Took four hours to gather the fragments.
Henry Ponsonby:
Queen wishes to publish an account of him.
Doctor Jenner:
Dear, oh, dear.
Henry Ponsonby:
We think she can be dissuaded. Have you had a glance at the diary?
Doctor Jenner:
Yes.
Henry Ponsonby:
Quite. I think I best take it back.
Doctor Jenner:
Oh, of course.
[hands it to him]
Doctor Jenner:
Where did you find it, by the way?
Henry Ponsonby:
Oh, some young Page was boasting about having seen it. Lucky.
Doctor Jenner:
[chuckles]
Well, no rest for the wicked, Henry.
Henry Ponsonby:
[walking away with the diary]
No. Indeed...
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