"Your articles have a ready acceptance, I take it."
"Always."
"The Editor is so desirous of obtaining your work, I suppose he is willing to pay a big price for it even before it is written."
"Yes, and before it is read."
"Indeed, so there must be a time when nobody knows what your articles are about, including yourself, as you never read them." Counsel continuing. "I presume you never contribute any articles during the time of the year known as the Silly Season?"
"On the contrary, my first effort in that direction has resulted in the bringing of the present action."
"You considered the Silly Season had started then, upon the night you met the Lord Mayor?"
"The Silly Season started then, has continued since, and appears to be at its height here this afternoon."
(Sweetly.) "Then you can congratulate yourself upon being thoroughly in the fashion. Now tell me, Mr. Bore, in your opinion, should we take the statues of London seriously?"
"No, in my opinion we should take them all down."