Grant

You mean nobody came to see them—except on passes. But The Sand Bar! That’s different! (With a tinge of sarcasm throughout.) You ought to have seen the way the mob at the National ate it up.

Jerry

I wanted to go but I couldn’t ask Mrs. Hale to take care of the baby again. Besides, I was anxious to read all the notices over quietly by myself and....

Grant

(Picking them up and glancing through them)

Great, aren’t they? Not a “roast” among them.

Jerry

Not one. I couldn’t find Arthur Black’s review: he was always so kind to your other plays, too.