The Line of Beauty2006

Catherine Fedden:
You're really very rich, aren't you, Sir Maurice?

Sir Maurice Tipper:
Yes. I am.

Catherine Fedden:
How much have you got?

Sally Tipper:
Oh, my dear, what a question. You can never exactly say, can you? It goes up so fast. All the time these days.

Catherine Fedden:
Well, roughly.

Sir Maurice Tipper:
Roughly... a-hundred-and-fifty million.

Catherine Fedden:
A-hundred-and-fifty million pounds?

Sir Maurice Tipper:
Give or take a few million, yes.

Catherine Fedden:
I noticed you gave some money to the appeal at Podier Church.

Sally Tipper:
We give to endless appeals and churches.

Catherine Fedden:
How much did you give?

Sir Maurice Tipper:
I don't recall exactly.

Catherine Fedden:
You gave five francs. That's about 50p. *That's* how much you gave.

Gerald Fedden:
[arriving] What's all this about?

Sir Maurice Tipper:
This young lady was giving me some criticism. Apparently I'm rather mean.

Catherine Fedden:
Oh, I didn't say that.

Sally Tipper:
You certainly implied it.

Catherine Fedden:
All right, I did. And if I was in charge I think I should stop people from being able to have a-hundred-and-fifty million pounds.

Gerald Fedden:
Just as well you're not, then, Puss.