LAURA
Didn't she know Mother was here?
GORDON
No. I hadn't told her. You see your Mother is here so much more often. I didn't know your mother would still be here. I was afraid Mother might be a little hurt—
LAURA
Mother helps me a great deal. I think it's a queer thing if a wife can't have her mother stay with her once in a while—
GORDON
(aware of danger, changes the subject)
Ye Gods, Ethel has cracked the Copenhagen platter. (Laura is silent.) That's one of the set Mother gave us when we were married.