ALEX

I should never have come back here...

GEORGE

Oh, don't talk such nonsense!

ALEX

I'll bow out now --

It's the decent thing to do.

GEORGE

Don't be absurd.

ALEX

I'm a disaster...

GEORGE

Oh, come, come!

ALEX

..It wouldn't last a week --

She'd be far better off with you.

GEORGE

You two have your lives before you.

ALEX

It would end in murder...

GEORGE

I'm too old for her --

It's high time I withdrew.

ALEX

Your place is here.

GEORGE

The jowls are dropping...

ALEX

It's the light.

GEORGE

..The paunch needs propping up --

She'd be far better off with you.

BOTH

Your words are generous and selfless,

But alas untrue --

She'd be far better off with you.

ALEX

You are steeped in wit and wisdom.

GEORGE

Well, I've learnt the odd thing...

ALEX

You could teach George Bernard Shaw

A thing or two!

GEORGE

I had a go...

ALEX

You've dined with Garbo...

GEORGE

Only twice.

ALEX

..Translated