"Yes.... Thank you, dear; that was what I wanted to hear from you. I understand now what the one clapping pair of hands must mean to the actor who is booed by all the rest of the audience. Good-bye, dear."
"Stay.... Who are the persons who disapprove of the announcement?"
"My Bingo, for one. Not that anything the dear old stupid says matters in the slightest. And—and Toby."
"'Toby'?"
"Tell him I quite approve. He should know that in this matter it was for me to decide."
"Certainly, dear."
"Whose is the other objecting voice?"
"The Chief thinks I ... we ... it ... I rather fancy that he used the word 'precipitate' in expressing his opinion."
"Refer him to me if he expresses it again."