Smithereens Press Chapbooks 'Zero at the Bone' by David Wheatley | Page 59

SCENE TWENTY-ONE
MCALLISTER
So what’s it all about, the what in his what?
MCDONALD
You’d have to ask our friend here about that.
MCALLISTER
I’m asking you.
MCDONALD
It seems he’s been on some kind
of beach-combing expedition.
MCALLISTER
And what did he find?
NEMO
[Aside.] She said something... [Aloud.] There’s no such thing as a mermaid!
MCALLISTER
What’s that? Did you say something?
NEMO
[Aside.] Said something... murmured...
MCALLISTER
What about that P.J. Barnum monkey
mermaid? ‘You can fool some of the people all
of the time...’
MCDONALD
Just look at those fingernails: manky!
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