Dr. Van Hyde (still standing, and speaking gravely): Now—
Rose (carelessly): Oh, you may as well take a chair yourself.
Dr. Van Hyde (seating himself at L.): With your permission.
Rose: Well?
Dr. Van Hyde: I was saying—
Rose: Were you? I didn’t hear it.
Dr. Van Hyde: I was, rather, about to say—
Rose (laughing): This is very odd, is it not?
Dr. Van Hyde: What, may I ask, is odd?