First Man from the Crowd:
Mr. Dollarson, you always have the first news about everything. We should like to know what really happened in the night.
Dollarson:
Ah yes! last night. I have already been informed about it.
Second Man from the Crowd:
Well, sir, can you tell us?
Dollarson:
Certainly I shall be pleased to let you know.
The Crowd:
Well, we are most eager to hear about it.
Dollarson:
Well, then, I have the best authority for saying that there has been an elemental catastrophe, an extensive upheaval of the earth’s strata, or, in other words, what is known as an earthquake.
The Crowd:
We thought at the very first that it’s only an earthquake.
Dollarson:
The occurrence, however noteworthy in a geological respect, has no particular economic bearing. No considerable damage has been occasioned
The Crowd:
We are glad that there is no damage.
