EDMUND (puzzled). Well, Austin?
AUSTIN. Now you can judge exactly how pressing my necessities are. You've heard it all.
EDMUND. Really? You've only talked football.
AUSTIN. Football is all. I'm sorry I got in last night too late to have a chat with you, but (shuddering) what I was doing yesterday is public property this morning.
EDMUND. You mean about the man Metherell?
AUSTIN. Yes.
EDMUND. I understand some other club has bought him from you. Are footballers for sale?
AUSTIN. Er—in a sense.
EDMUND. And why have you sold him if he's a valuable man?
AUSTIN. He's invaluable. If ever there was a one-man team, that team is ours. I've seen the others stand around and watch Metherell win matches by himself. But to-day money is more essential than the man.