Edmund: Right, Baldrick, let's try again, shall we? This is called adding. If I have two beans, & then I add two more beans, what do I have?
Baldrick: Some beans.
Edmund: Yes...& no. Let's try again, shall we? I have two beans, then I add two more beans. What does that make?
Baldrick: A very small casserole.
Edmund: Baldrick, the ape creatures of the Indus have mastered this. Now try again. One, two, three, four. So how many are there?
Baldrick: Three.
Edmund: What?
Baldrick: And that one.
Edmund: Three...& that one. So if I add that one to the three, what will I have?
Baldrick: Some beans.
Edmund: Yes. To you, Baldrick, the Renaissance was something that just happened to other people, wasn't it?