Jerry [to Fish]. Have a little drink?
Doris. He doesn’t use it.
Fish. Thanks. I don’t use it. [Again he laughs politely.]
Jerry [with a very roguish expression]. Do you know Ida?
Fish. Ida who?
Jerry. Idaho. [He laughs uproariously at his own wit.] That’s a joke I heard to-day. I thought I’d tell it to you because you’re from Idaho.
Fish [resentfully]. Gosh, that’s a rotten joke.
Jerry [high-hatting him]. Well, Idaho’s a rotten state. I wouldn’t come from that State.
Doris [icily]. Maybe they’d feel the same way about you. I’m going up and see Charlotte. I wish you’d entertain Mr. Fish politely for a minute.
Doris goes up-stairs. The two men sit down. Fish is somewhat embarrassed.