HYACINTH. Will you tell me what way can I get rid of my character?
FARDY. To get rid of it, is it?
HYACINTH. That is what I said. Aren't you after hearing the great character they are after putting on me?
FARDY. That is a good thing to have.
HYACINTH. It is not. It's the worst in the world. If I hadn't it, I wouldn't be like a prize marigold at a show, with every person praising me.
FARDY. If I had it, I wouldn't be like a head in a barrel, with every person making hits at me.
HYACINTH. If I hadn't it, I wouldn't be shoved into a room with all the clergy watching me and the police in the back yard.
FARDY. If I had it, I wouldn't be but a message-carrier now, and a clapper scaring birds in the summer-time.
HYACINTH. If I hadn't it, I wouldn't be wearing this button and brought up for an example at the meeting.
FARDY. [Whistles.] Maybe you're not so, what those papers make you out to be?