Inquirer. But who does live in the Embassy, then?
First W. I. M. It's unoccupied, of course.
Average Man. No, it isn't. There isn't any Embassy at all. [A pause.
Inquirer (returning to the charge). But look here, who is Lord Cromer? I never heard of him before. I thought we'd got Baring or Rothschild, or somebody representing us in Egypt.
First W. I. M. (with smiling superiority). My dear chap, you're thinking of Sir Evelyn Baring. He left Egypt long ago.
Inquirer. Why did he leave?
First W. I. M. Old Gladstone gave him the sack.
Second W. I. M. No, he didn't. Gladstone wasn't in power when Baring left Egypt. It was Salisbury who dismissed him.
First W. I. M. I bet you a sov. it was Gladstone.
Second W. I. M. And I bet you a sov. it was Salisbury.