NANCY. But do chickens like cheese?
IRIS (firmly). They’ve got to like this.
BROXOPP (doubtfully). Yes, yes, why cheese, boy?
JACK. Why not?
BROXOPP. Er—well——
[89]JACK. We’ll have a hen sitting on an enormous egg—this is where I come in, drawing the posters. Above, Chillingham’s Cheese for Chickens. Underneath, Makes Hens Lay.
BROXOPP. Does it make them lay? I thought Chicken Food only made chickens grow.
JACK (grimly). If we say that it makes them lay, it makes them lay.
IRIS. It’s a question of faith, Daddy Broxopp. If the hen knows you have faith in her, she will respond. She’s jolly well got to.
JACK. That’s right. We’re not going to stand any nonsense from a Buff Orpington.