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S1 E15Unfinished Business

GGayle

Now you're beginning to speak my language!

Oh, I'm not a beginner. I've always been fluent in Dirty Bastard.

The salad of strawberry and feta cheese, please, and the chicken.

Smoked salmon and the confit of duck, I think.

WWaiter

And for you, sir?

RPRalph Parsons

Er, I'll have...

(interrupts quickly) An omelette!

RRalph

Oh.

And a bottle of Saint-Émilion. And a glass of Vimto for that.

Where are you going?

I'm going to my club for a glass of claret.

But there's work to do!

My dear Charles, even a first-class mind requires lubrication before shafting.

If there's one thing better than having a first-class mind, it's being a first-class bastard.

I want my morning claret. The sun is over the yardarm. If it isn't, I'll get a new yardarm.

EDEditor of the Daily Telegraph

We're thought to be out of touch with the...what do you call it?

Zeitgeist?

EEditor

We don't use German in the Telegraph, Martin.

Charles, this is the most secret secret in the history of secret secret secrets. It is for your eyes only, with your eyes closed.

Are you sure this is safe?

Of course this is safe! This is a dinner to celebrate outstanding achievement by British tennis players. There's nobody here at all!

I'm not sure how the Advertising Standards Authority will react to a fat naked man looking forlornly down, with a caption saying: "Can you see my point? Because I can't."

You did suggest a sexual theme.

Yes...Clive, you don't feel like going on strike now, do you?

No, I'm sorry but Prentiss-McCabe has not sunk as low as that!

TToggle

I've been offered a quarter of a million to talk about my experiences.

How low would you like me to sink, exactly?

Morris, there are great men and men of weight, and waiters who get to clean the grate. Go and clean the grate, Morris!

MMaurice

Oui, Monsieur.

Ah, that's more like it. You're much more fun when you're a complete bastard.

Well, I thought to myself, "What can I get for a Labour spin doctor?" And then I realised: a large piece of meretricious tat. Something eye-catching, but worthless.

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