Paul
Montana
Maxie
OK.
Paul
Stopping Eileen .
Montana
Eileen
That’s all right. I’ll close the door.
She leaves.
Paul
Go ahead, Maxie. She don’t know anything.
Maxie
Think of me slaving down at the Orchard while you people enjoy all the comforts of home.
Paul
Montana
Maxie
It certainly was a tough day for me when Edison invented the piano. Fixing up other people’s tunes—there’s a life work for you.
Paul
Go on.
Maxie
His fingers rambling over the keys.
You know, I might have been a songwriter myself but I got stuck on my own stuff. I wrote tunes nobody ever heard before—they wouldn’t stand for it.