 My dear, surely even in jest you wouldn't claim so little knowledge of the works of Robert Burns. Who? The incomparable Robert Burns. Oh, him. Well, really, my dear, I can hardly consider you for membership in my literary club if you're so unfamiliar with the immortal Robert Burns. Well, you see, Mrs. Randolph, I pretended not to know about Robert Burns because one doesn't boast about one's own family.