Topp. Permit me one more question. Are you wholesale or retail?
Tick. Wholesale only.
Topp. Ah, that is better! And your house I have no doubt is of high standing. Doubtless A1 in the books? (Tick laughs immoderately. Topp advances furiously shaking his fist at Tick.) Mr. Spratt, restrain me, or I will knock him down, in spite of the code. I see nothing to laugh at. An affair of honor is a serious affair, I’d have you understand. Perhaps this is your first.
Tick. It is.
Topp. Then you shall have a new experience. You may consider it settled.
Tick. (Frightened.) Do you insist?
Topp. Certainly, sir! Consider it settled.
Tick. But, my dear sir, all these objections—
Topp. Are waived, sir. Choose your second. Mr. Spratt, will you favor me by arranging details on my part?
Spratt. With pleasure!