LAURA. It doesn't mean anything. Just a little light conversation to kill that first awkward moment.
KEN. It means, have I got a job.
LAURA. Have you?
KEN. No.
LAURA. Well, you will have one. And more than a job. Some day somebody will accept your plans for fabricated houses. And you'll be rich and famous.
KEN. If I kid myself, you needn't.
LAURA. But all this work, Ken ...
KEN. Won't come to anything. I do it from habit. I do it to keep from going crazy.
LAURA. You do it because you know that fabricated houses are the coming thing.
KEN. Hell of a chance I'll get at them.