QUINCY
Ho! Ha! Ha! That's true enough. Marriage in high life, they said, didn't they? Ha! Ha! Ha!
DAVID
And is it true you live in America only two months in the year, and then only to entertain Europeans who wander to these wild parts?
QUINCY
Lucky for you, young man. You'll have an Italian prince and a British duke to hear your scribblings.
DAVID
And the palace where they will hear my scribblings—is it true that——?
VERA [Who has been on pins and needles]
Mr. Quixano, what possible——?