| Aha, you see that great big horn thing, Jeeves?
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| -One could ghastly miss it, sir.
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| Well, now you have to speak into that.
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| Or sing into it.
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| Or play the trombone into it.
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| If you want to make a record, that is.
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| -I see, sir.
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| If not, of course, best to leave the
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| dash thing alone.
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| -Quite, sir.
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| Now, I don’t quite know about this, Jeeves,
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| as it happens.
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| Apparently there’s a fellow in a white coat
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| at the other end of the horn thing.
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| Beyond the wall, if you take my meaning.
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| -I see, sir.
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| And what this fellow does is
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| he turns this handle
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| as you sing into the horn thing.
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| -Or play the trombone, sir.
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| Or play the trombone.
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| And as it turns this handle
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| this wax record goes round and
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| sort of… well, makes a record of your
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| trombone playing.
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| -I think that that system has now been somewhat
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| superseded, sir.
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| Really, Jeeves?
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| The disk is nowadays more often
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| revolved by electricity I understand, sir.
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| This giving more uniform rotational speed.
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| Yes, I, I… I think that’s enough
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| about electricity, Jeeves.
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| -Very good, sir.
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| Electricity is all very fine, Jeeves.
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| But will it replace the bicycle?
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| -Possibly not, sir. |