| Lady M : Pardon?
Reg : One on't cross beams gone owt askew on treddle.
Lady M : I don't understand what you're saying.
Reg : (slightly irritatedly and with exaggeratedly clear accent) One of the cross beams has gone out of skew on the treadle.
Lady M : Well, what on earth does that mean?
I don't know! - Mr. Wentworth just told me to come in here and say that there was trouble at the mill, that's all - I didn't expect a kind of Spanish Inquisition!
(JARRING CHORD. The door flies open. In come three evil types in red robes.)
Cardinal Ximinez : NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise!
(Cardinal Ximinez of Spain regards them with a nasty grin. He is flanked by Cardinal Biggles [in aviator's helmet] and Cardinal Fang.) |