All posts material: “Sauce” and “Gentleman’s Relish” by Ronnie Barker – Hodder & Stoughton in 1977
A Gentleman Calling
| Maid: | Are you in, madame? |
| Madame: | Nearly, I’ve got one leg in. You’d better say I’m out. |
| Maid: | I told him you were about to step into the bath, so he knows you’re in. |
| Madame: | I think you’d better tell him ,you made a mistake, and that l’m out. Tell him to come back in half an hour, by that time, I’ll be out, and you can tell him I’m in. Is that clear? |
| Maid: | No, madame … |
| Madame: | Look, tell him. . oh, never mind, send him up! " |
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