Phedro
Oh no! Mountains cannot knock one another down. They can only be blown up, from underneath [smiles enigmatically].
1st Courtier
You are difficult to follow.
Phedro
My lord, I am speaking in metaphor. It is a dodge I learned from the poets.
3d Courtier
I repeat, you are difficult and poetry is impossible to follow. However, poetry is no longer the fashion.
[Takes a pinch of snuff, and looks with agreeable enmity at 2d Courtier.]