We can do lots more things--" "Yay!" Sam cried.

"Let's get started!" He paused.

"Wait a minute, Penrod.

Verman says he won't--" "Well, he's got to!" said Penrod.
"I momp!" Verman insisted, almost distinctly.
They began to argue with him; but, for a time, Verman remained firm.
They upheld the value of dramatic consistency, declaring that a beater dressed as completely as he was "wouldn't look like anything at all".

He would "spoil the whole biznuss", they said, and they praised Herman for the faithful accuracy of his costume.