GORDON
(seeks inspiration by relighting his pipe, and takes up a handsome silver coffee pot)
One thing I never can make out is, how to prevent coffee grounds from going down the sink. (He talks desperately, trying to tide over the mutually realized danger point.) Perhaps if I could invent some kind of a little coffee-ground strainer I'd make our fortune. That coffee was delicious, Creature.
LAURA
Take care of that urn, it's one of the few handsome things we have.
GORDON
It is a beauty.
LAURA
Jack Davis gave it to me—