[Great approval from workmen; almost a cheer. MIFFLIN chuckles and noiselessly claps his hands.]

GIBSON: I'm the parasite!

SHOMBERG: Well, do we get any answer?

GIBSON: Does any one of you men here think he could answer all of these demands satisfactorily?

SALVATORE: Sure! [All acquiesce: "Sure, sure!"]

FRANKEL: You can't put us off any longer with just no little bunch of funny talk!

GIBSON: I'll have an answer for you in fifteen minutes. [Turns to his desk.] That's all.

SHOMBERG: Better have it before twelve o'clock.

CARTER [as they go]: Do what you kin, Mr. Gibson. All the departments is worked up pretty unusual.

GIBSON [wearily dropping back into his chair]: Oh, no, Carter; pretty usual; that's the trouble.