[1] Substitute name of the local gag town.
BIRDIE: Disguise! What disguise?
GLADYS: Woman, you cannot deceive me. You've been to the dry-dock and had your face scraped.
BIRDIE: So, you still want war?
GLADYS: No, I want justice!!!! (ALGERNON conducts Chord.) You have tracked me like sleuthhounds. You have hunted me down after all these years. You have robbed me of home, husband, honor and friends. What then is left me? (L.)
BIRDIE: (Menacingly.) There is always the river.
GLADYS: What, you dare suggest that, you with your past!
BIRDIE: How dare you mention that to me! I am now writing Sunday stories for the New York "American." [2] (Crosses to left and sits.)
[2] Substitute name of the local sensational newspaper.
GLADYS: (Stunned.) Sophie Lyons, now I see it all.