Richard Hope: Simon

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• Simon : Hello.

  Laura : Well, if it isn't the man from the Ministry.

  Julie : What are you doing here?

  Simon : Well, once you've been beaten up, dunked in the mud and almost drowned, you grow sort of fond of a place.

  Julie : We don't like your sort here.

  Laura : Julie!

  Simon : My sort! What is my sort?

  Julie : Furtive, devious, and British.

  Simon : Well, I'm sorry, but those are the basic qualifications for the civil service.

  Julie : Watch he doesn't nick anything.

  Simon : You have a charming daughter.

• Laura : [holding up newspaper]  They'll have to take notice of us now.

  Simon : We certainly will.

  Laura : So, what'll happen next?

  Simon : I expect there'll be a serious outbreak of interdepartmental memos as the civil service collectively wets itself.