Older Persons

The VeloDrone went over to the bar to buy another round of drinks. When he returned, Marie and Belle et Bonne were standing up and Le Bon David was on the floor with his head under the settee.

The VeloDrone: What's happening? Why is David down there?

Marie: An old lady asked us to stand up so she could look for her purse. She thought she might have lost it down the back of the couch.

Belle et Bonne: It wasn't there.

The VeloDrone: So what's David up to?

Marie: He thought it might have fallen underneath.

Le Bon David ( emerging from under the settee ): No, nothing there.

The VeloDrone: That old lady has made a fool of you!

Le Bon David: What! A fool of me! How?

The VeloDrone: I heard her talking to her friend over at the bar. They were rolling a die. The first one to throw a six had to persuade a random gentleman to stick his bottom in the air.

Le Bon David: I say! How mean!

The VeloDrone: Yes, but at least it proves my point that older persons are not averse to abandoning themselves to the vagaries of fortune once in a while. You see, girls?

Belle et Bonne: Well, I'm stunned.

Marie: If you believe him.

Le Bon David: This is all too much. Time to go. Where's the toilet?

The VeloDrone: There's only one. And there's a queue.

Le Bon David: What a place! I'm not coming here again. Where's our next show and what is it?

Marie: It's Adolf, at the Royalty Theatre.