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Lost Ballast. Long, fascinating, witty, sometimes hilarious, The Great Forgery is a comedy only in the ironic sense. Years after, Hanshawe and Cassy visit the old man, who is holed up in a rackety studio like a frowsty old terrier. After a few obscene remarks to his ex-mistress, the irrepressible Gorer turns on the millionaire with defiant, mocking scorn: "You make your pile, and with it on your backs you know you'll never again get airborne. But old Gorer, he's got rid of all that ballast. At least you can come and watch him fly—wheee! thar he goes—! Ah! How you love me, how you envy me and hate me and therefore trust me utterly, when you come here and reassure yourselves that I've got absolutely nothing out of a lifetime's single-minded dedication!"