Edna
You gave him a nickel.
Fred
It was a dime. And he said, “Keep it and buy your wife a raddio set.” He thought we was married.
He laughs, as though trying to induce a mood of merriment in Edna.
Edna
I remember.
Fred
You was embarrassed, all right. You got red.
Edna
Any girl would.
Fred
And then coming back we forgot to change at Seventy-second Street. That is, you forgot. I didn’t know any better.
Edna
I just wasn’t thinking.
Fred
We had to go all the way down to Times Square. That’s when we saw the flea circus.
Edna
You said one of the fleas reminded you of a man in Schenectady.