VIRGINIA. Upon my word!
WRIGLEY. It's he that said he cared, miss. It wasn't me.
PAUL. Let's have this from the beginning, Wrigley.
WRIGLEY. Beginning? I reckon this began when the Lord made him a male and her a female.
PAUL. Oh yes. That's very funny, but——
WRIGLEY. It's not. There's nothing funny in the ways of sex. They've been the worry of the world for ever since the world grew bigger than the Garden of Eden, and if you think they're funny, you've a lot to learn.
PAUL. Wrigley, do you know who you're speaking to?
WRIGLEY. Aye. Brother of my future son-in-law. Makes you a kind of sideways son of mine yourself.
PAUL. We'll have this tale from Zack if you won't tell it straight.
WRIGLEY. I'd rather; and I'll just be here to know he tells it straight.