(Characters: Pamela, Dolly
Setting: Restaurante Terraza, atop Hotel Casanova, corner of Babilonia and Avenida Rayuela. Lunchtime.)
Pamela: Ah there you are sorry for the short notice.
Dolly: Short or long I’m here command me.
Pamela: You josh but yes would you mind parsing and vetting this draft for me the grammar’s all.
Dolly: What’s it.
Pamela: The rules in final inky splendor.
Dolly: What rules are these.
Pamela: Of our place of business for us.
Dolly: We have rules now tut tut.
Pamela: In print’s the important thing for now something we can flash around thrust under their bribetaking noses.
Dolly: Oh simple and.
Pamela: Would you like some lunch on me seeing the inconvenience.
Dolly: Something cold on draught if that’s alright.
Pamela: As good as done yes Miss another Bloody Mary and she’ll have a Pale Goll good thank you nice legs what from behind I mean.
Dolly: As though I’d notice oh.
Pamela: What is it did you find something already.
Dolly: We have two patios and this mentions a third.
Pamela: It does.
Dolly: Yes right here ‘the third patio to pom-de-pom will left open thru the week be’ thru-the-week-be I see what you mean it goes on blah blah ‘gate on Sundays’ blah and blah.
Pamela: Oh the alley down to Calle Chapucero that’s what it means.
Dolly: Where the dogs live.
Pamela: Used to live they’ll be released today or tomorrow.
Dolly: We’re getting rid of Garbo and Stinky that’s horrid.
Pamela: No no no calm down and that’s just what Cristina said by the way I’ve never heard such a fuss over two more useless creatures.
Dolly: Garbo and Stinky are not useless they saved Justine’s life remember.
Pamela: I remember that Justine says they saved her life my opinion is that she saved her own so no they are not being gotten rid of they are going to live on Fredericka’s farm just outside the city.
Dolly: Fredericka has a farm since when.
Pamela: Well her brother then or half-sister.
Dolly: Is it a nice farm.
Pamela: What’s a ‘nice farm’ to a dog dogs love farms.
Dolly: But Garbo was born in the city.
Pamela: And she howls every time a twig twitches or a mouse farts and anyway it’s done decided.
Dolly: Can I go visit them at least.
Pamela: I thought you hated the country all that quiet gives you the creeps.
Dolly: At night sure but during the day it’s okay.
Pamela: Well then there you are.
Dolly: When do you need this back by.
Pamela: Oh see day after tomorrow how’s that.
Dolly: No problem.
Pamela: Tonight then.
Dolly: Tonight and Solange says she wants to go first this time just so you know.