The Dead Collector:"Bring out yer dead.
[a man puts a body on the cart]"
Large Man with Dead Body:"Here's one."
The Dead Collector:"That'll be ninepence."
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't:"I'm not dead."
The Dead Collector:"What?"
Large Man with Dead Body:"Nothing. There's your ninepence."
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't:"I'm not dead."
The Dead Collector:"'Ere, he says he's not dead."
Large Man with Dead Body:"Yes he is."
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't:"I'm not."
The Dead Collector:"He isn't."
Large Man with Dead Body:"Well, he will be soon, he's very ill."
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't:"I'm getting better."
Large Man with Dead Body:"No you're not, you'll be stone dead in a moment."
The Dead Collector:"Well, I can't take him like that. It's against regulations."
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't:"I don't want to go on the cart."
Large Man with Dead Body:"Oh, don't be such a baby."
The Dead Collector:"I can't take him."
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't:"I feel fine."
Large Man with Dead Body:"Oh, do me a favor."
The Dead Collector:"I can't."
Large Man with Dead Body:"Well, can you hang around for a couple of minutes? He won't be long."
The Dead Collector:"I promised I'd be at the Robinsons'. They've lost nine today."
Large Man with Dead Body:"Well, when's your next round?"
The Dead Collector:"Thursday."
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't:"I think I'll go for a walk."
Large Man with Dead Body:"You're not fooling anyone, you know. Isn't there anything you could do?"
The Dead Body That Claims It Isn't:"I feel happy. I feel happy.
[the Dead Collector glances up and down the street furtively, then silences the Body with his a whack of his club]"
Large Man with Dead Body:"Ah, thank you very much."
The Dead Collector:"Not at all. See you on Thursday."
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