Cross-checked the coffin numbers three times at six this morning. A living man's name getting misentered in the register happens more often than you'd think.

• Cyril AshbyDoctor, I'd be grateful if you'd set that misentry down in writing for the record.
  Doctor Ambrose KilburnNot for the sentence you're hoping to build with it, I won't.
• Barnaby HollowayRow three, twelfth berth. The same name that was called out last week, in the night.
  Doctor Ambrose KilburnCoincidence. Do you know how many dead there are in London?