Chief Engineer. Faster—faster—
[An Ant collapses with his load and moans.
2nd Engineer. Tut, tut! What’s that? Get up.
Another Ant. (Next to him, bending over) Dead!
Chief Engineer. One, two—carry him away, quick.
2nd Engineer. He died honourably in the cause of speed.
Chief Engineer. How are you lifting him? Too slowly, you’re wasting time. Drop him. Now head and feet together. Blank, two, three—wrong, drop him again. Head and feet—blank, two, three, four—take him away—blank, two, blank, two, blank—
2nd Engineer. Two, three, four—quicker.
Tramp. Anyhow, he died quick enough—
Chief Engineer. Work, work, he who possesses more, must work more.