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ve never had such a job before. How can I be sure you can do it successfully? HENRY: Try me ... oh, do, I beg of you! Give me 30 or 40 years, and ... OLIVER: Oh, well, all right. NARRATOR: Are Portia and Henry happy? There are not enough words in the biggest dictionary to describe it. Did the people of London have a good time with this bit of news? Yes. Portia39。t want anything else from you.HENRY: (shocked) My dear, is that your papa?! PORTIA: He39。t thank the gentlemen properly. May I do it for you? HENRY: Let me see you try(Portia walks over to Roderick and gives him a hug. Then she sits in Oliver39。t want one now. PORTIA: Henry, I39。ve lost twenty thousand pounds. I never would have believed it. Why, that is amazing, man!HENRY: Come, let39。ve won for me, you shall have any job as my gift. Have you got the million pound bank note? HENRY: Here it is, sir. OLIVER: I39。m ready to report. RODERICK: Er ... Portia, I ... OLIVER: We39。ll happen to us, with no way in the world to earn a living? (At the brothers39。ll give to me. PORTIA: Oh, please remember that if we ask for too much we may get no salary at all。 house in Portland Place and, seeing they were back, went to get Portia at her friend39。s for us to thank you, sir and I do, sir, from the bottom of my heart. (The owner, hostess and waiter all bow as Henry leaves.) THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTEAct II, Scene 4NARRATOR: At the end of the month, Henry was very rich and didn39。s kind of you. You must e whenever you want and have whatever you like. Just having you sit here is a great honour! As for the bill, sir, please forget it.HENRY: Forget it? Well ... thank you very much. That39。ll e here whenever you like. HENRY: Well, that39。t matter at all. We39。s all I have on me. OWNER: Oh, please, don39。s arm) And you put him in the back of the restaurant! Go and see him at once. OWNER: (to Henry) I39。s in rags! OWNER: Perhaps he39。t know. OWNER: Well, I did hear that the Bank of England had issued two notes in this amount ... Anyway, I don39。s genuine? HOSTESS: Oh, dear, I don39。m very sorry. But ... I ... I don39。s two o39。s amazing how much pleasure you get out of tile simple things in life, especially if you can39。s there to wait for? OWNER: All right, Horace. I39。ll have to take a chance. Go ahead and let him have it. WAITER: (reading the bill after the meal) All right. That39。s face) Anything wrong? WAITER: No, not at all. ( to the owner) He39。s clever as a wolf, eh? HENRY: (having just finished every bit of food) Ah, waiter. (the waiter returns) Same thing again, please. Oh, and another beer. WAITER: Again? Everything? HENRY: Yes, that39。ll have a large glass of beer. WAITER: OK. (The waiter leaves and soon returns with all the food.) HOSTESS: My goodness! Why, look at him. He eats like a wolf. OWNER: We39。m afraid it39。d like some ham and eggs and a nice big steak. Make it extra thick. I39。s reserved. This way, please. (to the waiter) Take this gentleman39。clock. Promise? HENRY: Promise. Goodbye. THE MILLION POUND BANK NOTEAct I, Scene 4 (Outside a restaurant Henry looks at the envelope without opening it and decides to go in. He sits down at a table next to the front window.)OWNER: (seeing Henry39。t you explain what this is all about? : You39。s why we39。t want your charity. I just want an honest job.RODERICK: We know you39。clock. HENRY: Oh, this is silly. RODERICK: Not silly. There39。t open it. Not yet. You can39。t think we don39。ll be on my way. RODERICK: Please don39。s very funny. (Henry stands up to leave) Now if you39。t mind, may I ask you how much money you have?HENRY: Well, to be honest, I have none.OLIVER: (happily) What luck! Brother, what luck! (claps his hands together) HENRY: Well, it may seem lucky to you but not to me! On the contrary, in fact. If this is your idea of some kind of joke, I don39。m afraid I don39。t worry about that. It39。t know whether I could survive until morning. The next morning I39。m hoping to find work. As a matter of fact, I landed in Britain by accident. OLIVER: How is that possible?HENRY: Well, you see, back home I had my own boat. About a month ago, I was sailing out of the bay ... (his eyes stare at what is left of the brother39。re doing in this country and what your plans are? HENRY: Well, I can39。s my first trip here. RODERICK: I wonder, Mr Adams, if you39。re an American? HENRY: That39。 unions to operate in its restaurants and these are people who speak up for the workers. If, as they say, the workers are happy with them, why should they fear some workers joining a union?So when I consider the food, the cars and the jobs, I think we should not allow McDonald39。s but will they be treated fairly? In America, McDonald39。s restaurant is always the same, so I wonder if it is made or brought in from elsewhere. Although it is freshly cooked, it must be less healthy than our own locally grown and cooked Chinese food.I also worry about all those cars