CAPT. EPPINGWELL
Let me tell you the occasion.
FREDA
(Very restless and desiring to go.)
There has been no occasion.
CAPT. EPPINGWELL
(Firmly.)
Nevertheless, let me tell you. It may interest you.
(Makes appropriate gestures.)
Here was the stove, here the piano. Three-fingered Jack played the fiddle. It was Old Dan Tucker that we danced. Remember?