“One of those glue things on toast?”
“No, thank you.”
She took a cheese straw. I found a cold egg which I had overlooked. Then I said “I mean to say” just as she said “I think I know”, and there was another collision.
“I beg your pardon.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Do go on.”
“No, you go on.”
I waved my cold egg courteously, to indicate that she had the floor, and she started again:
“I think I know what you are trying to say. You are surprised.”
“Yes.”