Jerry

Then what is the matter?

Grant

(Evasively as he sits down wearily)

I—I was reading over the notices.

Jerry

I should have thought they’d soothe you, not get you so excited. Though there is one that put me in a terrible temper. (He looks at her quickly.) Why did you conceal the Gazette notice from me? (Smiling, she shows it to him: he takes it.) Did you think this would worry me because Arthur Black said The Sand Bar didn’t live up to the promise of your other plays?

Grant

(Half to himself)