Right Baldrick, let's try again, shall we? This is called adding. [gestures to the beans on the table] If I have two beans, and then I add two more beans, what do I have?
Some beans.
[smiles] Yes. And no. Let's try again, shall we? I have two beans, then I add two more beans. What does that make?
A very small casserole.
[impatiently] Baldrick, the ape-creatures of the Indus have mastered this. Now try again. [helps him count] One, two, three, four. So how many are there?
Three.
What?
And that one.
Three and 'that one'. [waves the fourth bean in front of Baldrick's face] So if I add that one to the three, what will I have?
Oh! Some beans.
[pause] Yes. To you, Baldrick, the Renaissance was just something that happened to other people, wasn't it?
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