CONTROL: You weren’t followed?
SMILEY: No. Quite sure.
ALLELINE: Always the tradecraft, George.
BLAND (coughing): Can we begin?
CONTROL: Yes, yes.
KERMIT: Hi-ho! Kermit T. Frog here for Sesame Street News.
ALLELINE: George, take a look at this from Source Merlin.
SMILEY: Um, may I ask a question?
SMILEY: No. Quite sure.
ALLELINE: Always the tradecraft, George.
BLAND (coughing): Can we begin?
CONTROL: Yes, yes.
KERMIT: Hi-ho! Kermit T. Frog here for Sesame Street News.
ALLELINE: George, take a look at this from Source Merlin.
SMILEY: Um, may I ask a question?
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SMILEY: Peter, no! Go call the others here. We'll play tonight's tapes. It will save us much time in explanation.
HAYDON: May I finish my drink, George? [to Polyakov] It's over, Alex.
KERMIT: Pardon me, did someone leave these milk bottles outside?
". . . ."
"There are four of them and---"
". . . ."
"There are FIVE of them and Alleline."
SMILEY: you mean Light the lights
CONTROL: George do I have to spell it out M.U.P.P.E.T.
SMILEY: Is it an appropriate subject for the Circus?
CONTROL: The White House? Never more so George
Allegedly it was the neo-cons who all gave themselves Circus nicknames. Rove, by report, was Smiley.