Oh, yes, you will, mother. Fast an extra day all through next Lent. It’ll be equally good for your soul and for your figure.

Mrs. Golightly.

Penelope!

Penelope.

[To Golightly.] I suddenly felt the moment had come.

Golightly.

Take care.

[Dickie bursts violently into the room.

Dickie.

I say, what are these two confounded women doing in the hall?