THE PROVISION MERCHANT.
"Can we supply you with a car, Sir? Certainly. | This is our 1920 touring model—provisional, of course. | By the way, the body, you see, is only a provisional one. |
The engine design is purely provisional, you'll understand— | and the horsepower is provisionally fixed at 12-78. | Delivery is in eighteen months—quite provisional, that is— |
and the price we put provisionally at £1,200. | We shall require, of course, a deposit of £600 before we can provisionally accept the order. | I may add that a guarantee goes with each car—provisional, naturally— |
and we will provisionally undertake to inform you of any provisional alterations— | that we may make in our provisional designs if you apply to our provisional works— | —provided——No, Sir, I cannot tell you where you can hire a push-bike!!!" |