Enter A Latent Slimly As Inert As A Gas

Lord Slimly: Yes, Burnett, I think I'm expected. I think I'm part of the furniture by now.
Butler Burnett: As you wish, sire, I won't announce you.
Lord Slimly: You never do, barring a snail, before one arrives.
Butler Burnett: Its one of my idiosynchracies.
Lord Slimly: Idio something, quite.
Flaxlawna: I'm sure he does his best, poor chap.
Lord Slimly: Excuse me, are you a visitor or just an intruder? If you're a burgler I have a pocket
watch here I might want taking. I have to have it on me at all times since it was given by a dying
aunt who won't stop dying. Infernal thing. Won't stop ticking, rather like her.
Flaxlawna: You're quite disagreeable or rather funny. I can't realy decide.
Lord Slimly: Oh, I'm sure I'm laughably horrendos. I make a profession out of it.
Flaxlawna: Oh, you work?
Lord Slimly: At not working, yes.
Flaxlawna: Me too. My work's marriage.
Lord Slimly: Oh, don't rush into it too quickly. You're not engaged are you?
Flaxlawna: No, I'm like the old telegram machine. Unengaged.
Lord Slimly: Well, I am engaged in something all consuming and I think they call it marriage.
I feel rather like a bluebottle trapped....
Flaxlawna: In a blue bottle?
Lord Slimly: Quite.
Flaxlawna: Are you married then already?
Lord Slimly: Engaged, like the divorce court phone.
Flaxlawna: You seem quite prepared......for the worst.
Lord Slimly: I say! We're getting awfuly familiar for two people who don't know each other's
name.
Flaxlawna: Yes, mine's...
Lord Slimly: Is that the time?! Do tell Burnett I've had to cancel will you? I've a pressing
appointment with Lord Strawberry. Must dash..er, didn't catch your name..I'll call you girlygirl.
Flaxlawna: This place is certainly something else. I think things were less strange on the
spaceship. Hmm there's a piano. Must get some practice in if Bootsie's starting up the Electrified
Aliens. Posy's songs will have to improve tho. I like her one about the Snow Roses. Think I can
try out a tune to that one. Wonder what Ask Whitebootsi would advise me in this situation. At
least get to know people's names I should think.