BELSIZE (casually): He was blackmailing her, you know.

DAN: Tch! tch! Was he?

BELSIZE: Whoever he was.

DAN: She had a lot of fellows on a string, though, didn't she?

BELSIZE (guardedly): That's true.

DAN: Though this one seems to have made a bit more stir than any of the others, don't he?

BELSIZE: Yes. (Indicating the cuttings) Regular film star. Made his name.

DAN (abstractedly): If you can make your name withou nobody knowin' what it is, o' course.

BELSIZE (slightly piqued): Yes, of course…. But I don't reckon he's been as bright as all that.

DAN (after a slight pause): Oh, you don't?