BENHAM. Will you have the glass of water, sir?
RONNY (sulkily). No, thanks.
BENHAM. Thank you, sir.
[BENHAM goes out.
RONNY. I didn’t know you were here, Norah. All the same, I don’t know why I shouldn’t have a drink if I want one.
NORAH. I can’t stand the way you children are always wanting to drink. You’ve done nothing to make you thirsty.
RONNY. If you knew a bit more, you’d know that it’s doing nothing that makes you thirsty. Talk to me and I’ll struggle on without it. What are you reading?
NORAH. Nobody you’ve ever heard of, Ronny. A man called Meredith.
RONNY. Oh! Any good?
NORAH (looking at him with a smile). In his way. A different way from the Winning Post, you know.