VERA [Disappointed]

Oh!

MENDEL

But I've persuaded him to let me show his MS.

VERA [With forced satisfaction]

Oh, well, that's all we want.

[Mendel goes to the desk, opens it, and gets the MS. and offers it to Quincy Davenport.]

QUINCY

Not for me—Poppy!

[Mendel offers it to Pappelmeister, who takes it solemnly.]