Ste. You're a fool, Pilling.
Jim. I'm an honest fool, then.
Ste. Look here, if you won't take it from me, will you take it from Mr. Montgomery?
Jim. I don't know. He's a young 'un. More like a man than a parson. Coming in here and smoking his pipe like you might do yourself.
Ste. But he is a parson—young Montgomery.
Jim (grudgingly). Aye. He's a man I trust.
Ste. Then if he tells you, will you vote for turning the Polygon into a playing ground?
Jim (confidently). He won't.
Ste. But if he does?
Jim. I'll see.