“Why, sure.”
“How is the literary movement in the West, gentlemen?”
“Fine. Moving right along in great shape.”
“I suppose you enjoy Emerson, gentlemen?”
“Why, yes, I suppose so. What paper’s he on now?”
“And do you not love Holmes, the dear old Autocrat of the Breakfast Table?”
“You bet! There’s nobody like Sherlock for a good, rattling detective story.”