Don't be ironical!
Adene.
Everybody who has heard of India has heard of his marvellous power of governing; also, everybody knows that if ever there was a war forced upon us against our will, it was the war of the annexation of Bhojâl.
Vera.
And then?
Adene.
Then, I want to begin my studies with the best possible instance.
Vera.
[After fidgeting for a moment.] Well, it makes me somewhat impatient. Suppose you do discover that in the summer of 1820 an English major threw a bootjack at his syce?