- [first lines]
- Gary: Ta-dum! First sale of the day.
- Ron: Twenty quid! Twenty quid for an old newspaper!
- Gary: No, that wasn't just any old newspaper, Ron; that was the Daily Express, eighth of December 1941 - "Japs Attack USA". No, that man was buying a little piece of history. And I'm down to my last half dozen. Pity. Still, never mind. It's Malta getting its George Cross next month. That is bound to be a seller. Reckon I can make a *bomb* out of that.
- Ron: Hardly an appropriate choice of phrase, considering the bombardment which led to that plucky little island's award. What was it? A thousand raids, seven a day, the capital devastated and the population forced to live underground.
- Gary: That's right. Sell like hotcakes.
- Ron: You're a deeply caring individual, aren't you, Gary!