BILLY. [Dogmatically.] It is the custom.
LORETTA. [Brokenly.] And when . . . a . . . a woman kisses a man and doesn’t . . . marry him . . . ?
BILLY. Then there is a scandal. That’s where all the scandals you see in the papers come from.
[BILLY looks at watch.]
[LORETTA in silent despair.]
LORETTA. [In abasement.] You are a good man, Billy. [Billy shows that he believes it.] And I am a very wicked woman.
BILLY. No, you’re not, Loretta. You just didn’t know.
LORETTA. [With a gleam of hope.] But you kissed me first.
BILLY. It doesn’t matter. You let me kiss you.
LORETTA. [Hope dying down.] But not at first.