Nina. Well, I think you might have reminded me....
Nina. I like sitting on the carpet.
(She reclines at his feet.) I wonder why women nowadays are so fond of the floor.
Russ. Because they’re oriental, of course.
Nina. But I’m not oriental, Hughie! (Looking at him with loving passion.) Am I?
Russ. That’s the Eastern question.
Nina. But you like it, don’t you?
Russ. Every man has a private longing to live in the East.
Nina. But not harems and things?
Russ. Well—within reason....