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.]