The Young in Heart - A Conversation About Gentlemen and Friendship
Marmy: [Mrs. Jennings turns, quizzically.]
Isn't it lovely the way my husband has taken Mr. Jennings? To his heart, I mean, of course. Just like two boys, the way they like to gamble on everything.
Mrs. Jennings:
Tell me, Mrs. Carleton, why do you call your husband the Sahib?
Marmy:
Sahib? That's Indian for "gentleman," you know.
Mrs. Jennings:
Such a distinguished man. But what does he do now?
Marmy:
He's an economist, part of the Brain Trust, you know. Labor conditions, wages, unemployment; the sahib doesn't believe in unemployment.
Mrs. Jennings:
He doesn't?
Marmy:
He thinks it should all be done away with.
Mrs. Jennings:
How interesting.
Marmy:
He says the only way to do away with unemployment is to do away with employment. If nobody worked, there couldn't be any unemployment; and so the Sahib hasn't done a speck of work for years. Passive resistance, you know. Gandhi?
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