their H. Q. Twaddle Good Evening!-- Peasants. Pickles Twaddle always has to knock people over, so he can stand on them and add another couple of inches to his own height. Luckily, there was no sign of Gallowsbird and I didn’ t give a hoot about the two little twerps. Snipes I don’ t really think I am in the mood for these two, having listened to that rubbish in the public toilets. Pickles I should point out- Perkin Snipes is not really a mate of mine. The only time I am friendly with him is when Twaddle is in the vicinity but I admire him because he can handle the little man with the fat ass, far better than I can. Twaddle Here you! Yes you! You sneaky little,‘ Nosy Parker’. Pickles The man with the fat ass pointed his pipe at me. Twaddle Were you listening to a private conversation in Daffodil place the other day? Pickles Didn’ t know anything could be private in Daffodil place. Cretin Don’ t be getting smart with the Duke, or you’ ll be smiling on the other side of your face. Nobody gets smart with the Duke when I ' m around! Pickles Listen! Little man- why don ' t you just crawl back into your local? It ' s called the Hammer and Cockroach, after your father and mother, I believe. Cretin I think we ' ve got ourselves a‘ smart-ass ' here. What do you think, Duke? Snipes You can take it as gospel, that if either of you pair cause Pickles here to be hospitalised you will have to answer to his brother. Pickles My brother or rather, my half-brother, Hamilton Conk has a habit of‘ pawing the ground’, building up a burst of speed, and soaring into the air to ramrod enemies with a sort of flying head-butt Cretin His so-called brother has just head-butted Bishop Toeswellen through the vestry window. Snipes Well, the bishop must have given him good reason. Hamilton is not the type to cause trouble. Pickles Snipes grinned at his own little joke. Twaddle Indeed not! What about the time he ramroded the ice-cream man who had run out of raspberry topping? You are right! It probably was Bishop Toeswellen ' s fault. Apparently he advised Conk to SEEK GRACE- but she turned him down. Pickles Marmaduke tittered and Cretin he-hawed. Cretin How is it that you are called Pickles, yet your so-called brother is called Hamilton Conk? Pickles How is it you ' re called Cretin, when your father was called Hammer and your mother was called Cockroach? Twaddle Hamilton Conk got his name due to his mother being impregnated by a Scottish Lowlander with a big nose.