Jerry

[With growing amusement]: Think of getting thirty-six thousand a year out of munitions!... Gee, what a lot of lives that coat must have cost!

[Everybody laughs, and, on the laugh, enter Dr. Wadham. He is not the stage clergyman. On the contrary, he is a very pleasant and plausible person—plausible because he believes implicitly in himself. He has passed sixty, and has a really kind heart. But he has had no experience with life, and he has never been uncomfortable.]

Dilly

[Hearing the door closed, looks around. Surprised]: Here's Dr. Wadham!

Mrs. Gilliam

Why, Doctor!

Mrs. Tice

We didn't know you were back.

Jerry