]. There, you have one.
ALEXANDER. Well, I ought to allow you to kiss me. Am I not worth more than that piece of paper?
[Takes her by the hand; they sit down on sofa at the right.
NATO. They have come to congratulate us.
ALEXANDER. Yes, your grandmother, your aunts, and your cousins. Nato, shall you give evening parties like this?
NATO [
smiling
]. Ha! ha! ha! No such
soirées
as this, my dear Alexander. Two evenings every month we will give little dances, either on Tuesdays or Thursdays. Which is better? Do you not think, Alexander, that Thursday will be best?