Alma. (rising) Ned! What brings you here so early?
Ned. What’s this I hear from Dick? He says you’ve given him notice.
Alma. So I have.
Ned. Then who’s to play your part?
Alma. Oh, there are lots of women.
Ned. Only one Alma Blake.
Alma. I’m very sorry, for your sake.
Ned. If, now my piece is really coming out, after all these postponements, you refuse to play in it, you can’t be sorry for me, Miss Blake.
Alma. Miss Blake?
Ned. Yes, Miss Blake. It was Miss Blake that spoke—it’s Miss Blake who’s thrown up her part—but it’s Alma who’s going to play.