Miss C. Certainly.
Rubber. Well, I’m certainly pleased to meet you. I was on the stage once.
Miss C. Oh, were you? Then we are fellow Thespians.
Rubber (uncertainly). Yas’m, I guess so. What secret society is dat?
Miss C. Thespians—actors, you know. How long were you on the stage?
Rubber. About twelve hours a day.
Miss C. Twelve hours a day! You ought to belong to the Actors’ Union. Where was it?
Rubber. Oh, right heah, right heah. I drove the stage from heah to (name small town).
Miss C. (laughing). Oh, I see.
Rubber. My, it’s certainly been de dream of my life to meet an actress. (Poses.) I’ve always thought I’d be an actor.