[Coming nearer]: Yes. It was too much like literature. This is not an academy. You forget yourself, He.
Tilly
But to shut one's mouth—faugh....
Briquet
[In a didactic tone]: Whenever one shuts one's mouth, it is always high time to shut it, unless one is drinking. Hey, whiskey and soda!
Voices
Whiskey and soda for the Manager!
Mancini
But this is obscurantism. Philosophizing again, Briquet?
Briquet