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The million pound banknote

'Oh, you'll soon stop being upset, sweetheart, it was only in fun, you know. Come, let's be going.'

'But wait, wait! The job, you know. I want to give you the job,' said my man.

'Well,' I said, 'I'm just as grateful as I can be, but really I don't want one.'

'But you can choose the very best one I can give you.'

'Thanks again, with all my heart; but I don't even want that one.'