[first lines]
Truly: [reading note on paper airplane Howard has thrown through the door] Hen. "Help. I'm alarmed. Howard."
Clegg: Ah, ha-ha-ha-ha. Hee hee. Ah-ha. What's he alarmed about?
Truly: You know Howard; there's always something.
Clegg: Well, he can't have set the place on fire. I mean he, he would have said something, wouldn't he?
Howard: [as he falls past the door] Aaaaaaaaaah.
Truly: Why don't we ask him? I think I just saw him passing.
Clegg: [opening the Dutch door] Oh. Oh dear, oh dear. Have you hurt anything?
Howard: We, it feels like everything.
Clegg: Yeah, well don't let any bits fall on the floor because I've just cleared up.
Truly: I know the stairs are slower, Howard, but um...
Howard: I was trying to attract your attention.
Clegg: Oh, well you did that, you got our attention all right.
Howard: I must have leaned out a bit too far.
Truly: Bit eh. I think I'd be inclined to describe it as a lot too far.
Clegg: [chuckles] Oh. Can I get you anything? perhaps a brain transplant.
Howard: No, she never went off.
Truly: What never went off?
Howard: The alarm. Pearl's had an alarm installed. It's terrible.
Truly: What's terrible about an alarm? It's a wise precaution against intruders.
Howard: Tha's not what this is for. She's got it fixed so it goes off when I sneak out.
Clegg: That is tricky. That's the crown jewels *and you* safe from being tampered with.
Howard: I feel trapped.
Truly: What do you mean, trapped? You've just beaten it.
Howard: Well, I can't be leaving that way all the time.