Bob!
Livingston
(Not turning)
Yes?
(For a second Hood is about to speak, but he is halted by Bess’s look and voices, as the Professor, followed by Larry Anderson, enters.
Larry is a fine strapping doughboy in his uniform, on which are two gold service stripes and several decorations for bravery. His hand is bandaged. They come down.
As Livingston gives no indication of leaving, Bess still sits there while Hood keeps his eyes on her husband’s back. His silence holds them there.)
Professor
But I was expecting at least two hundred.