BISHOP. Sh!

[KEN enters, followed by MARTIN and TIPPY.]

KEN. Who said I had no manners! [To BISHOP and LAURA, with absurd, ironic dignity.] The boys say I wasn't a gentleman. I apologize.

LAURA. Never mind, Ken.

KEN. A man ought to be a gentleman, even to his wife. [She turns away. To his father.] A man ought to respect his father. I apologize.

BISHOP. I accept your apology, son.

KEN. [To boys.] There you are! I apologized to my father. He accepted my apology. [To LAURA.] I apologize.

LAURA. All right, Ken. I accept your apology. [At the end of her self-control.] And now that's enough.

KEN. No. I got one more apology to make.

TIPPY. All right, Ken. I'll take the next one.