Jerry [wittily]. They’re a lot of Fish out there.
Doris [not comprehending]. Well, these Fishes are very nice. They’ve been mayor a couple of times and all that sort of thing, if you know what I mean. His father’s in business up there now.
Jerry. What business?
Doris. He’s in the funereal-parlor business.
Jerry [indelicately]. Oh, undertaker.
Doris. [She’s sensitive to the word.] Well, not exactly, but something like that. A funereal parlor is a sort of—oh, a sort of a good undertaking place, if you know what I mean. [And now confidentially.] As a matter of fact, that’s the part of the thing I don’t like. You see, we may have to live out in Fish, right over his father’s place of business.
Jerry. Why, that’s all right. Think how handy it’ll be if——
Charlotte. Keep still, Jerry!
Jerry. Is he in the same business as his father?
Doris. No. At least not now. He was for a while, but the business wasn’t very good and now he says he’s through with it. His father’s bought him an interest in one of the stores.