Not quite what he meant.
Joan (on her annual Spring visit to London). "There, John, I think that would suit me."
Darby (grumblingly). "That, Maria? Why, a pretty figure it would come to!"
Joan. "Ah, John dear, you're always so complimentary! I'll go and ask the price."
STARTING A SYNDICATE
A Serio-Comic Interlude
Scene—An Office in the City. Time—After Lunch.
Present—Members of a proposed Syndicate.