What

This is:

Pardon me, old chap.

I’ll do no such thing. 

Splendid. Tell me, what letter has its own brand of shoes? 

I do not know.

Well, D, obviously.

I’m sorry?

The answer, clearly, is D. The letter D. 

Well, I’ve never heard of D shoes. 

Never?

Never.

Well, perhaps not the entire institution of the letter D, but certainly one instance is known for shoes. 

Just a singular letter D?

Just the one D, I would say, yes. 

I don’t believe you. 

But I tell you it’s true.

So, for instance, [scribbles] this D makes shoes?

Don’t be silly. That D couldn’t make shoes if it had to. But another D, on the other hand…

Another D. 

Yes, not that one particularly, but certainly it’s done by one D. Certainly, a D…

A D does?

Ah! You’ve heard of them!

You are a scoundrel and a cad. 

I am no such thing. 

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