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Only in front. It’s as thick as anything at the back. How many overcoats have you got?”
“Four, I think.”
“Too many.”
We discussed it at length and decided it was possible to manage with three.
“Workers pawn their overcoats in June and take them out again in October,” Roger said. He wanted to talk about his play, Internal Combustion. “The usual trouble with ideological drama,” he said, “is that they’re too mechanical. I mean the characters are economic types, not individuals, and as long as they look and speak like individuals it’s bad art. D’you see what I mean?”
“I do, indeed.”
“Human beings without human interest.”
“Very true. I ...”
“Well, I’ve cut human beings out altogether.”
“Sounds rather like an old-ed ballet.”
“Exactly,” Roger said with great pleasure. “It is an old-fashioned ballet. I knew you’d understand. Poor old Benwell couldn’t. The Finsbury International Theatre are sitting on it now, and if it’s orthodox—and I think it is—they may put it on this summer if Lucy finds the money.”
“Is she keen too?”
“Well, not very, as a matter of fact. You see, she’s having a baby and that seems to keep her interested at the moment.”
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