Jones. Good afternoon, chief.
Smith. Good afternoon. Have a cigar?
Jones. Thank you, chief.
Smith. Have you anything to tell me?
Jones. The circulation is still going up, chief. It was three million and eight last week.
Smith (testily). How often have I told you not to call me "chief," except when there are ladies present? Why can't you do what you're told?
Jones. Sorry, sir, but the fact is there are ladies present.
Smith (fingering his moustache). Show them up. Who are they?
Jones. There is only one. She says she's the lady who has been writing our anonymous "Secrets of the Boudoir" series which has made such a sensation.
Smith (in amazement). I thought you told me you wrote those.