'Say,' said Gramp, 'danged if you don't sound like you was makin' a speech.'
'Huh,' said the senator.
'Like you was makin' a speech,' said Gramp. 'Like you was one of them political spellbinders that are out gettin' votes.'
'Well,' said the senator, 'maybe I am.'
'With that eye of yourn,' Gramp pointed out, 'you ain't in no shape to make any speech.'
Senator Brown strangled on his drink. He set down his glass and coughed.
'What's the matter with you?' asked Jurg Tec.
'I forgot something,' the senator explained. 'Something very important.'
'It can wait,' Jurg Tec said. 'I'll buy the next round.'
'Sure,' agreed Gramp, 'ain't nothin' so important you can't have another drink.'