Cox. Very well, sir! [Pause.]

Box. Take a bit of roll, sir?

Cox. Thank ye, sir. [Breaking a bit off. Pause.]

Box. Do you sing, sir?

Cox. I sometimes join in a chorus.

Box. Then give us a chorus. [Pause.] Have you seen the Bosjemans, sir?

Cox. No, sir—my wife wouldn’t let me.

Box. Your wife!

Cox. That is—my intended wife.

Box. Well, that’s the same thing! I congratulate you! [Shaking hands.]