de Reves: Well, yes. I suppose it's easier to tell what an earthly horse is going to do, than to tell what Pegasus——
Prattle: What's Pegasus?
de Reves: Oh, the winged horse of poets.
Prattle: I say! You don't believe in a winged horse, do you?
de Reves: In our trade we believe in all fabulous things. They all represent some large truth to us. An emblem like Pegasus is as real a thing to a poet as a Derby winner would be to you.
Prattle: I say. (Give me a cigarette. Thanks.) What? Then you'd believe in nymphs and fauns, and Pan, and all those kind of birds?
de Reves: Yes. Yes. In all of them.
Prattle: Good Lord!
de Reves: You believe in the Lord Mayor of London, don't you?
Prattle: Yes, of course; but what has——