“Is he?”
“No. He’s older. He generated the policy. So he must be the elder.”
“Then we come back to the old argument—he’s a Mammal.”
“A fossil, you mean.”
“There’s not much difference.”
“Let him speak.”
Suddenly, in the midst of all this babel and laughter, absolute silence prevailed.
But still the man sat in the chair. “Sir,” said Vestasian, “would you be kind enough to explain why you are sitting there?”
“He can’t get up.”
“Why?”