JACK MEDBURY.
They last clean so much longer than the white ones.
THEODORE TRAVERS.
Quite so—blunt and careless. Gentleman on mantelpiece seems to be suffering from toothache.
TED MORRIS.
(Laughs.) Oh, that's Nelly's nonsense, I suppose. This is Mr. Tapley. We call him Mr. Tapley because he is always so jolly.
THEODORE TRAVERS.
(Shutting book.) Thanks. Now that will be really useful to me. You see I'm a realist. We don't imagine, we study; the world's my scenery, mankind my characters. I write as I run.
JACK MEDBURY.
Do you ever get your head punched?