Sud [setting stage]. Yes, it is a privilege to be a friend of mine!
Wouldby [pursuing Sud]. Will you read my manuscript, sir?
Sud. Never roll a manuscript. I see very well you don't even know the first principles.
Wouldby. How can I learn the first principles? No one will tell me.
Sud. Wait, I will do a great thing for you, let you stay and see a dress rehearsal of my latest play, "The Pot Boiler." In it I have used all dramatic principles.
Wouldby. What are they?
Sud. Well, for instance, this pencil is the woman in the case.
Wouldby. Pencil!
Sud. This inkwell is the villain, although that's really too dark for him. Deep-eyed villains are out of fashion.
Wouldby. Inkwell!