But they wouldnt have him. He called himself
Egerton Fotheringay.
THE BISHOP. Well, whom Egerton Fotheringay hath joined, let Sir
Gorell Barnes put asunder by all means.
THE GENERAL. I may be a silly soldier man; but I call this
blasphemy.
THE BISHOP [gravely] Better for me to take the name of Mr Egerton
Fotheringay in earnest than for you to take a higher name in
vain.
LESBIA. Cant you three brothers ever meet without quarrelling?
THE BISHOP [mildly] This is not quarrelling, Lesbia: it's only
English family life. Good morning.
LEO. You know, Bishop, it's very dear of you to take my part; but
I'm not sure that I'm not a little shocked.
THE BISHOP. Then I think Ive been a little more successful than
Boxer in getting you into a proper frame of mind.
THE GENERAL [snorting] Ha!
LEO. Not a bit; for now I'm going to shock you worse than ever.
I think Solomon was an old beast.
THE BISHOP. Precisely what you ought to think of him, my dear.
Dont apologize.
THE GENERAL [more shocked] Well, but hang it! Solomon was in the
Bible. And, after all, Solomon was Solomon.
LEO. And I stick to it: I still want to have a lot of interesting
men to know quite intimately--to say everything I think of to
them, and have them say everything they think of to me.
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