I don't know the place--isn't it somewhere in America?
_He_. I shouldn't be surprised if it were, but my geography's shaky. I
rather fancy it's somehow connected with pickles.
_She_. Oh, then it's a mistake their quarrelling, as I suppose it will
be hard upon the poor, especially during the winter?
_He_. Fancy that's the idea. Been to the Guelph Exhibition?
_She_. Yes, and I think it's a pity they took the jewels out of GEORGE
THE FOURTH's Crown. I should like to have seen the Koh-i-Noor.
_He_. But they wanted them for the one at the Tower, don't you know,
and as for the Koh-i-Noor, was _that_ invented in his time?
_She_. Perhaps it wasn't. Stay, wasn't it discovered by Captain COOK,
or DRAKE, or somebody?
_He_. I daresay. I have never looked the matter up. _A propos_,
One-pound Bank-notes are to be issued.
_She_. Are they? I suppose they will be useful for change?
_He_. Shouldn't be astonished, but don't pretend to know anything
about it. By the way, do you take much interest in the subjects we
have been discussing?
_She_. Not the faintest.
_He_. No more do I! [_Waltz continued.
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