A man who did not think he was worth listening to, who did not stop to think before he spoke, was a man worth knowing. Of course, one would have to listen to no small amount of prattle, but there would no doubt be diamonds within the rough.

"I have heard this turn of phrase before, cars," He muses, "What are they? Some sort of product, I imagine? Smelted or woven? One of those newly discovered chemical compounds?" Are they something found here, or something this gentleman recalls from home? It may be nothing of interest at all, or some consequence, and he would very much like to know.