(Paul returns to his correspondence at the table, half occupied, half listening.)
VIRGINIA. Yes. I was sure you didn't know.
ZACK. How did you know? Did mother tell you? Virginia. No.
ZACK. Who did?
VIRGINIA (with mock impressiveness). The family Bible, Zack! Your mother lent it me to look at something yesterday, and there I found it. Zachariah Manning, June 20th, 1886. Zack.
ZACK. Yes.
VIRGINIA. You knew?
ZACK. Yes. That's the year all right.
VIRGINIA. Then how dare you look forty when you're only twenty-nine?
ZACK. Do I?