Call yerself a Jew and you forgettin' to keep Purim!
[She is going back to the kitchen when a merry Slavic dance breaks out, softened by the door; her feet unconsciously get more and more into dance step, and at last she jigs out. As she opens and passes through the door, the music sounds louder.]
FRAU QUIXANO [Heard from kitchen]
Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Kathleen!!
[Mendel's feet, too, begin to take the swing of the music, and his feet dance as he stares out of the window. Suddenly the hoot of an automobile is heard, followed by the rattling up of the car.]
MENDEL
Ah, she has brought somebody swell!
[He throws open the doors and goes out eagerly to meet the visitors. The dance music goes on softly throughout the scene.]
QUINCY DAVENPORT [Outside]
Oh, thank you—I leave the coats in the car.