It's the paper that pays.

So go ahead.
_Woman_: Is Lord Nasing so keen as all that?
_Man_: It isn't Lord Nasing.

It's our brand new editor specially imported from Chicago.
_Woman_: Will he last?
_Man_: He'll last a hundred nights, say as long as the run of your piece.

Then he'll get six months' screw and the boot.
_Woman_: How much is six months' screw?
_Man_: Three thousand.
_Woman_: Well, I can hardly earn that myself.
_Man_: Neither can I.But then you see we weren't born in Chicago.
_Woman_: I've been offered a thousand dollars a week to go there, anyhow.
_Man_: Why didn't you tell me that for the interview?
I've spent two entire entr'actes in trying to get something interesting out of you, and there you go and keep a thing like that up your sleeve.

It's not fair to an old and faithful admirer.