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KIND HEARTS AND CORONETS 57
window boarded up inside. It is set in the middle of a shrubbery. Henry and Louis come along the path towards it.
henry: ... Couldn't have suited better if it had been built for it. I had all the equipment sent from town, of course latest I could get ... Henry opens the door and they go into the dark room.
9 Interior Henry's Dark Room. Henry is still talking away as he strikes a match and lights the dark-room lamp.
henry : ... And I must say the results have been absolutely tophole. I'll show you some quarter-plates I've taken about the village. (As the lamp lights up) There we are. Completely light proof except for this. Everything to hand. Developer dishes here, toning baths here and rack up here for drying the plates ... Louis looks around him. louis : Perfect. henry: Not too bad, is it? His tone is a shade abstracted, and he goes on with the rather laboured casualness of someone approaching a difficult subject. henry: ...Talking of the village, by the bye -I don't know if you're thinking of sending any of your efforts here to some periodical, but there's just one thing I'm sure you're a good fellow or I wouldn't like to ask ... louis: Ask what? henry: I'd be most grateful if you'd hold back that
last plate you exposed. louis: The inn? But it's delightful. henry : Yes. The fact is, though, my wife has certain views so I never go in such places. You understand? louis: I quite understand. Naturally, I shouldn't think of embarrassing you.