no. count d'algout is still out. yes, as soon as he returns i'll tell him. yes. i'll tell him monsieur buljanoff. good evening, monsieur. count d'algout, there have been several telephone. good morning, your highness. count d'algout is still asleep. your breakfast, monsieur. shall i draw your bath, sir? a blue shirt, perhaps? very well, your highness. eight forty-two, sir. you seem to be a bit nervous, sir. if you will forgive me, ever since you met that bolshevik lady i've noticed a distinct change in you, sir. decidedly. yesterday i was greatly amazed when i came from the market and found that you had made your bed, sir. well, sir, if you should do it again, which i hope you won't, please remember the order. counterpane, blanket, blanket, sheet, sheet. may i add, sir, that it was with great amazement that i found a copy of karl marx's capital on your night table. that is a socialistic volume which i refuse to so much as dust, sir. i view with alarm, sir, the influence over you of this bolshevik lady. no, sir. no, sir. emphatically not, sir. the prospect terrifies me. now, don't misunderstand me, sir, i don't resent your not paying me for the past two months, but the thought that i should split my bank account with you. that you should take half of my life's savings. that is really too much for me.