And business is the most wonderful of them all.
[_Exeunt R._
[_Enter_ SLADDER _and_ SPLURGE _through the window, which opens on to
the lawn, down a step or two._
SLADDER: Now, Splurge, we must do some business.
SPLURGE: Yes, sir.
SLADDER: Sit down, Splurge.
SPLURGE: Thank you, sir.
SLADDER: Splurge, I am going to say to you now, what I couldn't talk
about with all those gardeners hanging about. And, by the way, Splurge,
haven't we bought rather too many gardeners?
SPLURGE: No, sir. The Earl of Etheldune has seven; we had to go one
better than him, sir.
SLADDER: Certainly, Splurge, certainly.
SPLURGE: So I bought ten for you, sir, to be on the safe side.
SLADDER: Ah, quite right, Splurge, quite right. There seemed to be
rather a lot, but that's quite right. Well, now to business.
SPLURGE: Yes, sir.
SLADDER: I told you I'd invented a new name for a food.
SPLURGE: Yes, sir. Cheezo.
SLADDER: Well, what have you been able to do about it?
SPLURGE: I've had some nice little posters done, sir. I'm having it well
written up. I've got some samples here, and it looks like doing very
well indeed.
SLADDER: Ah!
SPLURGE: It's a grand name, if I may say so, sir. It sounds so
classical-like with that "O" at the end; and yet anyone can see what
it's derived from, even if he's never learnt anything.
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