Rises to meet him.
Why, hello, Hiram.
Hiram
How do you do, Mary? Golly, but you have a swell home! A feller told me this was where you lived so I walked right in without knocking. This is a swell room—don’t you sorter feel like a snake in a bird’s nest?
Mrs. Benson
How did you happen to come here?
Hiram
I was just takin’ a little vacation to see the sights. Many of our learned men get much of their education just traveling.
Mrs. Benson
Meet our company, Hiram. It’s Mr. and Mrs. Asterbilt.