Topp. (Annoyed.) Madam, this is no place for a disquisition on generosity.
Mrs. T. So modest! Don’t deny it.
Mr. T. Your advertisement brought my daughters to your house. You admired one of them, but I fear you made advances to the wrong one by mistake.
Topp. (Pointing to Angie.) That is the young lady I meant.
Mrs. T-K. But unfortunately she objects. (Confidentially.) I fear her affections are elsewhere. (Angie cuddles up to Tick.)
Topp. (Regarding Angie and Tick.) Humph! Well, I shouldn’t be surprised if they were. Here’s a pretty state of affairs. I’ve made a fool of myself. Well, “There’s no fool like an old fool.”
Mr. T. My dear Mr. Topp, a young man should not be so pessimistic. Let me match your maxim with another. “There’s just as good fish in the sea as ever were caught.” (Nudges Mrs. T. aside.) How’s that for a pointer?
Mrs. T. Mr. Topp, let me introduce my daughter, Mrs. Twiggs-Knott. (Topp bows. Mrs. T., confidentially.) She is the mother of lovely twins.
Topp. Ah! indeed, madam? (To Mrs. T-K.) Boys?