I'm friends with any
fellow traveller.
CANTELUPE _has been considering him very curiously. Now he gets up to
go._
CANTELUPE. I should like to continue our talk when I've studied your draft
of the statutes. Of course the political position is favourable to a far
more comprehensive bill than we had ever looked for ... and you've the
advantage now of having held yourself very free from party ties. In fact not
only will you give us the bill we shall most care to accept, but I don't
know what other man would give us a bill we and the other side could accept
at all.
TREBELL. I can let you have more Appropriation figures by Friday. The
details of the Fabrics scheme will take a little longer.
CANTELUPE. In a way there's no such hurry. We're not in office yet.
TREBELL. When I'm building with figures I like to give the foundations time
to settle. Otherwise they are the inexactest things.
CANTELUPE. [_Smiling to him for the first time._] We shall have you finding
Faith the only solvent of all problems some day.
TREBELL. I hope my mind is not afraid ... even of the Christian religion.
CANTELUPE. I am sure that the needs of the human soul ... be it dressed up
in whatever knowledge ... do not alter from age to age....
_He opens the door to find_ WEDGECROFT _standing outside, watch in
hand._
TREBELL. Hullo ... waiting?
WEDGECROFT.
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