Hyacinth: Will you tell me, I ask you, what way can I undo it?
Fardy: What is it you are wanting to undo?
Hyacinth: Will you tell me what way can I get rid of my character?
Fardy: To get rid of it, is it?
Hyacinth: That is what I said. Aren’t you after hearing the great character they are after putting on me?
Fardy: That is a good thing to have.
Hyacinth: It is not. It’s the worst in the world. If I hadn’t it, I wouldn’t be like a prize mangold at a show with every person praising me.
Fardy: If I had it, I wouldn’t be like a head in a barrel, with every person making hits at me.
Hyacinth: If I hadn’t it, I wouldn’t be shoved into a room with all the clergy watching me and the police in the back yard.
Fardy: If I had it, I wouldn’t be but a message-carrier now, and a clapper scaring birds in the summer time.