Basil.
You show unusual perspicacity, dear James.
James.
And who are you with your long words, I should like to know?
Basil.
[Blandly.] I? A person of not the least importance.
James.
[Angrily.] Well, I wouldn't put on so much side if I was you.
Basil.
I observe that you have not acquired the useful art of being uncivil without being impertinent.