were you a friend of father's?
he was killed in the war. a year ago.
oh, him. some inventor who disappeared around the turn of the century. - if you're interested in that house, forget it. you can't buy it or even go inside.
my father was executor of the inventor's estate and he refused to liquidate it. i often chided him on that account, but he felt positive that the owner would return some day. - some people hereabouts think it's haunted. who are you, sir?
i see. have you been at the front, sir?
why the war, of course.
great heavens, man, don't you know we've been at war with germany since nineteen fourteen? i thought perhaps you had seen action in france. or maybe.  perhaps a cup of tea would make you feel better. won't you come in?
you're sure you're alright, sir?