KEEGAN。Donotbeoffended，sir：Iknowthatyouarequitesincere。ThereisasayingintheScripturewhichruns——sofarasthememoryofanoldishmancancarrythewords——Letnottherightsideofyourbrainknowwhattheleftsidedoeth。IlearntatOxfordthatthisisthesecretoftheEnglishman’sstrangepowerofmakingthebestofbothworlds。
BROADBENT。Surelythetextreferstoourrightandlefthands。I
amsomewhatsurprisedtohearamemberofyourChurchquotesoessentiallyProtestantadocumentastheBible;butatleastyoumightquoteitaccurately。
LARRY。Tom：withthebestintentionsyou’remakinganassofyourself。Youdon’tunderstandMrKeegan’speculiarveinofhumor。
BROADBENT[instantlyrecoveringhisconfidence]。Ah！itwasonlyyourdelightfulIrishhumor，MrKeegan。Ofcourse，ofcourse。Howstupidofme！I’msosorry。[HepatsKeeganconsolinglyontheback]。JohnBull’switsarestillslow，yousee。Besides，callingmeahypocritewastoobigajoketoswallowallatonce，youknow。