Mrs. Pampinelli. No dear, that is your own telephone.
Jenny. [At the telephone still] Just a minute. [Mrs. Ritter turns towards the back of the room.]
Mrs. Ritter. Oh, so it is! [Directly to Ritter] I knew I had one telephone cue. [She goes laughing through the center-door and on out into the right hallway.]
Jenny. [Trying to attract Ritter’s attention] Mr. Ritter! [But Ritter is absorbed in watching Hossefrosse. Florence stands waiting for Hossefrosse and Nelly to stop laughing, but as it doesn’t look as though they will ever stop, she gives Hossefrosse a little dig in the shoulder with her finger. He straightens up abruptly.]
Florence. [Prompting him] I’ve lost her.
Jenny. Mr. Ritter!
Hossefrosse. I’ve lost her.
Florence. That was inevitable in your case, Clyde; you have a conventional soul. [Jenny asks Teddy in pantomime to attract Ritter’s attention.]
Hossefrosse. [In a tone intended to express abysmal despair] I’ve lost you. [Ritter bursts out laughing. Teddy reaches out and indicates that he is wanted on the telephone. Jenny holds the telephone up, and he steps quickly out into the hallway to take it from her.]
Florence. That was incidental, eh?