Eileen
You wouldn’t even have a job if it wasn’t for me! Do you think Hart is keeping you on the staff because you wrote a hit three years ago?
Lucille
Now!
Eileen
Well, make him lay off me, if he knows what’s good for him. If he keeps riding me, he’ll be looking for a new job!
Paul
Montana
Eileen
Harms wouldn’t let you in their elevator!
Paul
As he goes proudly into the next room.
I was in it this afternoon!
Eileen
A long, long sigh.
Is Hart going to phone or isn’t he? It gets me crazy, this waiting.
Lucille
I wouldn’t mind waiting if there was something to wait for. I nearly go out of my mind, just sitting. You hear women brag about the nice, cozy evenings they spend at home with their husband. They’re not married to a piano tuner with ten thumbs.
Eileen
Hoping against hope.
Maybe he didn’t get back from Philadelphia. He might still be over there.