The two men passed in the street. One of them, Harold Rose, noticed other man, Albert Gussett, and exclaimed: ‘goodness me!’. Gussett also noticed Rose and shouted: ‘well I never!’. And after that they named each other wrong names: Rose named Gussett as Herbert Bishop, and the latter called Rose as Arthur Trigwell. They were embarrassed and they said each other their correct names. After that they greeted each other again and then they hesitated for a moment. After that Rose asked Gussett how did he do, the latter asked the same and also took interest how was a wife of Rose, Alice. Rose, confused, said that his wife’s name was Gloria, not Alice. After that Gussett mixed up Gloria’s first and last name. Rose tried to be polite and asked how the wife of Gussett, Doris, was, but it was found out that Doris was not wife but sister of Gussett. They hesitated again for a moment. Rose noticed how small the world is and named Albert as Helbert. After that he said that it seemed like yesterday when they had studied together at the school. Gussett wondered and said that they had never been at the same school. They also found out that they weren’t in Army together, so they hesitated again for a moment. Then they tried to understand how they knew each other. Rose was an architect, and Gussett was a taxi-driver, so they can’t work together. They hesitated again for a moment. They never did boxing, golf, visiting theatre and traveling to Brighton together, and when they found it out, they hesitated again. Finally, two men decided that they had never met before. So they made themselves known to each other.

Two men were walking in the street. One of them, Harold Rose, noticed the other man, Albert Gussett, and exclaimed, ‘goodness me!’. Gussett also noticed Rose and shouted, ‘well I never!’. And after that they named each other wrong names: Rose named Gussett as Herbert Bishop, and Gussett called Rose as Arthur Trigwell. They were embarrassed and said to each other using their correct names this time. After that they greeted each other again and then they hesitated for a moment. After that Rose asked Gussett how his business was, the latter asked the same question and also took interest in how Rose's wife, Alice, was. Rose, being confused, said that his wife’s name was Gloria, not Alice. After that Gussett mixed up Gloria’s first and last names. Rose tried to be polite and asked how Gussett's wife, Doris, was, who appeared to be not his wife but his sister. After that they hesitated again for a moment, and then Rose noticed how small the world is and named Albert as Helbert. After that he said that it seemed like yesterday when they had studied together at the school. Gussett wondered at it and said that they had never been at the same school. They also found out that they had never been in Army together, so they hesitated again for a moment. Then they tried to understand how this happened that they knew each other though Rose was an architect, and Gussett was a taxi-driver, and they could’t have worked together. They hesitated again for a moment. They couldn't have done boxing, golf, visiting theatre or traveling to Brighton together, and when they found it out, they hesitated again. Finally, the two men decided that they had never met before. So they made themselves known to each other and made it as if they have just met.

Two men were walking in the street, when one of them, Harold Rose, noticed the other man, Albert Gussett, and exclaimed, ‘goodness me!’. Gussett also noticed Rose and shouted, ‘well I never!’. And after this hot greeting they named each other wrong names: Rose named Gussett as Herbert Bishop, and Gussett called Rose as Arthur Trigwell. They were embarrassed and said to each other their correct names. After that they greeted each other again and then they hesitated for a moment. Then Rose asked Gussett how his business was, and the latter asked the same question and also took interest in how Rose's wife, Alice, was. Rose, being confused, said that his wife’s name was Gloria, not Alice. After that Gussett, on top of that, mixed up Gloria’s first and last names. Rose tried to be polite and asked how Gussett's wife, Doris, was, who appeared to be not his wife but his sister. After that they hesitated again for a moment. So then Rose noticed how small the world is and named Albert as Helbert. After that he said that it seemed like yesterday when they had studied together at the school. Gussett wondered at it and said that they had never been at the same school. They also found out that they had never been in Army together, so they hesitated again for a moment. Then the two men tried to understand how this happened that they knew each other though Rose was an architect, and Gussett was a taxi-driver, and they couldn’t have worked together. They hesitated again for a moment. They also couldn't have done boxing, golf, visiting theatre or traveling to Brighton together, and when they found it out, they hesitated again. Finally, Gussett and Rose decided that they had never met before. So they made themselves known to each other and made it as if they have just met.

Two men, actually strangers to each other, were walking in the street, when one of them, Harold Rose, noticed the other man, Albert Gussett, and exclaimed, ‘goodness me!’. Gussett also noticed Rose, took him for his old friend and shouted, ‘well I never!’. And after this warm greeting they named each other wrong names: Rose named Gussett as Herbert Bishop, and Gussett called Rose as Arthur Trigwell. They were embarrassed and said to each other their correct names. After that they greeted each other again and then they hesitated for a moment. Then Rose asked Gussett how his business was, and the latter asked the same question and also took interest in how Rose's wife, Alice, was. Rose, being confused, said that his wife’s name was Gloria, not Alice. After that Gussett, on top of that, mixed up Gloria’s first and last names. Rose tried to be polite and asked how Gussett's wife, Doris, was, who appeared to be not his wife but his sister. After that it was a moment of hesitation. So then Rose noticed how small the world is and named Albert as Helbert again. After that he said that it seemed like yesterday when they had studied together at the school. Gussett wondered at it and said that they had neither gone to the same school, nor served in the Army together, so hesitation took them again. Then the two men tried to understand how this happened that they knew each other though Rose was an architect, and Gussett was a taxi-driver, and they couldn’t have worked together. They became embarassed again for a moment. They also couldn't have done boxing, golf, visiting theatre or traveling to Brighton together. Hesitation. Finally, Gussett and Rose decided that they had never met before. So they made themselves known to each other and made it as if they have just met.

Two strangers were walking in the street, when one of them, Harold Rose, noticed the other man, Albert Gussett, and they took each other for old friends. But when they named each other wrong names, they became embarrassed. After that the two men tried to take interest in how the business and then after that they tried to find out how this happened that they knew each other, but both couldn't remember. Hesitation. Finally, Gussett and Rose decided that they had never met before. So they made themselves known to each other and made it as if they have just met.

A Harold Rose and an Albert Gussett were walking in the street, when they noticed each other and took themselves for old friends. They started the conversation, but named each other wrong names and got embarrassed. After that the two men tried to take interest in how their businesses and families were, but the more they talked the more embarassing mistakes they made, and then they tried to find out how they happened to know each other, but none of them could remember. Finally, Gussett and Rose decided that they had never met before. So they made themselves known to each other and made it as if they have just met.