Merton. Well, all Londoners do. I'm a Londoner, you see—I was born and bred there, just as you were born and bred here.
Kirstin. Of course, yes. Mr Merton, you said you'd think of us when you was away. I'd like to think of you too, and what you was doing in London, if you could tell me what it's like.
Merton [smiling]. Well, it's rather difficult to tell you—it's all so very different. For one thing, when I look out of my window in London, I see the wall of somebody else's house, instead of a wide expanse like this.
Kirstin. Oh, is there a house as near as that?
Merton. A house? Dozens.
Kirstin. Dozens of houses close to yours?
Merton. Scores! Hundreds! Thousands! of houses wherever you go, wherever you look.
Kirstin. Oh, is that really true?
Merton. Of course it is.
Kirstin. But how do you know them apart?