Host, _and_ Hostess. _Wine on the table_.

_Stephen_.
Here, my good lady, let me fill your glass;
Then send the bottle on, please, to your husband.

_Hostess_.
I thank you, sir; I hope you like the wine;
My husband's choice is praised. I cannot say
I am a judge myself.

_Host_.
I'm confident
It needs but to be tasted.

_Stephen_
(_tasting critically, then nodding_).
That is wine!
Let me congratulate you, my good sir,
Upon your exquisite judgment!

_Host_.
Thank you, sir.

_Stephen_
(_to the_ Hostess).
And so this man, you say, was here until
The night the count was murdered: did he leave
Before or after that?