But in reality you left them as crooked as ever.
DAVID
No, I didn't.
[He caresses the back of his uncle's head in affectionate rebuke.]
I couldn't play their bones straight, but I played their brains straight. And hunch-brains are worse than hunch-backs....
[Suddenly perceiving his letter on the desk]
A letter for me!
[He takes it with boyish eagerness, then hesitates to open it.]
VERA [Smiling]
Oh, you may open it!