Edna
Who else?
Fred
Paul’s wife. Lucille, her name is.
Benny
So graciously, as though the interruption had been the other way around.
That’s all right.
Withdraws.
Edna
Doesn’t anybody else go along, to sort of even up the party?
Fred
A second’s hesitation; then he blurts it out.
Nobody you know! I hardly know her myself. She just comes along because she’s Lucille’s sister and lives there.
Edna
Oh!
Fred
You can’t leave her home by herself. She’s timid.
Edna
Does she know about—me, Fred?
Fred
Huh?
Edna
Didn’t you ever tell her about—me?