Gaskell: Now, my good wife. Whilst I rest, read to me a while from Shakespeare’s ‘Gay Boys in Bondage’.
(The wife looks a trifle taken aback but reluctantly opens the book and starts to read with a resigned air.)
Wife: Yes my lord. ‘Gay Boys in Bondage’… Ken, 25, is a mounted policeman with a difference, and what a difference. Even Roger is surprised and he’s… (she looks slightly, sick with guilt) he’s used to real men…
Gaskell: 'Tis like ‘Hamlet’. What a genius!
Wife: ‘But who’s going to do the cooking tonight? Roddy’s got a mouthful…’
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