[Spaulding has repeatedly told Jamison to take a letter to Spaulding's lawyers, but he has kept interrupting himself]
Capt. Spaulding:
I say, take a letter to my lawyers!
Horatio Jamison:
Well I am taking it!
[long pause, as nothing has yet been written]
Capt. Spaulding:
Honorable Charles H., uh, Hungerdunger, care of Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, Hungerdunger, and McCormick... semicolon.
Horatio Jamison:
How do you spell semicolon?
Capt. Spaulding:
All right, make it a comma.
[pause]
Capt. Spaulding:
Honorable Charles. H. Hungerdunger, care of Hunger...
[rushes through the repetition]
Capt. Spaulding:
... and McCormick.
[pause]
Capt. Spaulding:
Gentlemen, question mark?
[grunts]
Horatio Jamison:
Do you want that, uh,
[grunt]
Horatio Jamison:
in the letter?
Capt. Spaulding:
No, put that in an envelope.
[pause]
Capt. Spaulding:
Now then. In re yours of the fifth inst., yours to hand and beg to rep... brackets...
[pause]
Capt. Spaulding:
... We have gone over the ground carefully, and we seem to believe, i.e., to wit, e.g., in lieu, that, uh, despite all our... precautionary measures which have been involved...
[pause]
Capt. Spaulding:
... uh, we seem to believe that it is hardly necessary for us to proceed unless we, uh, receive an ipso facto that is not negligible at this moment, quotes, unquotes, and quotes...
[pause]
Capt. Spaulding:
... uh, hoping this finds you, I beg to remain...
Horatio Jamison:
[interrupting]
Hoping this finds him where?
Capt. Spaulding:
Well, let him worry about that. Don't be so inquisitive, Jamison.
[insultingly]
Capt. Spaulding:
Sneak.
[pause]
Capt. Spaulding:
I say, hoping this finds you, I beg to remain, as of June 9th, cordially yours, regards. That's all, Jamison.
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