Dillings
[Coldly]. How do you do?
[There is a pause.]
Jack
Beautiful day for the opening of the new show, isn’t it? [There is a dead silence. It is not that Dillings wishes to snub Jack, but that he is furious and confused at the situation he has been forced into, and he does not quite know what to say. Jack turns to Mary and murmurs out of the corner of his mouth.] What’s the matter with this guy? [Pause—to Dillings.] I say, it’s a beautiful day.
Mary
[Mischievously]. Yes, Jack, it is a beautiful day.
Jack
Thank God, THAT’S settled! [There is another silence, then Jack turns, good-humoredly, to Dillings. He is like a healthy puppy wishing to make friends.] I feel that I have known you a long time, Mr. Dillings. Mary has spoken of you very often and any friend of Mary’s is a friend of mine....
Dillings