Yardsley (patronizingly). It is good for children.
Jennie (trying to attract Yardsley's attention). Pst!
Yardsley. My mamma lets me have it Sunday nights.
Dorothy. Ha, ha, ha!
Barlow. Another joke? Good. Let me enjoy it, too. Hee, hee!
Jennie. Pst!
[Barlow looks around; Jennie hastily withdraws her head.
Barlow. I didn't know you had steam heat in this house.
Dorothy. We haven't. What put such an idea as that into your head?
Barlow. Why, I thought I heard the hissing of steam, the click of a radiator, or something of that sort back by the door.