First W. I. M. No, no—they're building the Nicaragua Canal for that. Cape—Cape—why, dash it, I shall be forgetting my own name next!
Inquirer (brilliantly). Capricorn.
First W. I. M. Yes, that's it! Well, instead of having to go all round Cape Ricorn, all we've got to do is to sail to Panama, and—(impotently concluding)—there we are!
Second W. I. M. Ah, but I don't think they'll ever finish it.
First W. I. M. I'm not so sure about that; but, of course, the French couldn't do it.
Second W. I. M. Of course not.
[Terminus.
