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First Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
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TOMMY. No, but seriously, it's a bit different when you get two
brothers like Gerald and Bob; and whatever the elder one does, the
younger one does a jolly sight better. Now Paderewski and I--

WENTWORTH. Good heavens! I wish I hadn't started you on that. Get
back to Bob. I thought Bob was on the Stock Exchange and Gerald in
the Foreign Office. There can't be very much competition between
them there.

TOMMY. Well, but there you are! Why isn't Bob in the Foreign Office
and Gerald on the Stock Exchange? Why, because Gerald's the clever
one, Gerald's the popular one, the good-looking one, the lucky one,
the county cricketer, the plus three at golf--

WENTWORTH. Oh Lord! I thought you'd get golf into it. I suppose you
were working up to your climax. Poor old Bob is about eighteen at
golf, eh?

TOMMY. As a matter of fact, he's a very decent five. And there you
are again. In any other family, Bob would be thought rather a nut.
As it is--

WENTWORTH. As it is, Tommy, there are about thirty-five million
people in England who've never played golf and who would recognize
Bob, if they met him, for the decent English gentleman that he is.

TOMMY. I think you exaggerate, old chap. Golf's been getting
awfully popular lately.

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