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SCENE -- _A flight of steps by the lake in the grounds of the Insel Hotel, Constance. Time, late afternoon. A small boat, containing three persons, is just visible far out on the glassy grey-green water._ BOB PRENDERGAST _and_ PODBURY _are perched side by side on a parapet, smoking disconsolately._
PODBURY. Do they look at all as if they meant to come in? I tell you what, Bob, I vote we row out to them and tell them they'll be late for _table d'hote_. Eh? [_He knocks out his pipe._