At this point Grice introduces us to Marmaduke Bloggs.
He follows the schema in "Logic and Conversation" of producing ideal conversations to sketch if they are okay or not. This is the "Marmaduke Bloggs" conversation:
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A and B are at a cocktail party.
A: Is Marmaduke Bloggs here tonight?
B: Who?
A: Marmaduke Bloggs. You know -- the Merseyside stock-broker who climbed
--- last month Mt Everest, on hands and knees.
B: No. he isn't here.
A: How do you know?
B: He doesn't exist. He was invented by the journalists.
A: So, someone isn't at this party.
B: Didn't you hear me say taht he does not exist?
A: I heard you quite distinctly. Are YOU under the
--- impression that you heard ME say THERE EXISTS
--- a person who isn't at this party?
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