“Slipped your mind? Well!”
“Please! This is no time for a quarrel. Here, let me show you....”
“Where’s that ladder? I have to have that ladder!”
“Who wanted blue thread? I found the sewing kit on top of the switchboard!”
“What time is it?”
“One ladder, coming up!”
“I wanted blue thread—but this is the wrong color blue. Do you think it will show from out front?”
“It’s seven o’clock!”
“Hold still, Peggy! I’m cutting the back open now, and I don’t want to hurt you. Do you turn your back to the audience at any time, or can I fake this hem, do you think?”
“Do I turn? Let me think ... No. You can fake it. But it has to look all right in a profile, because I cross a lot. Will I have a dresser right here?”