Dickie.

[With a smile.] I don’t know whether I want to shake you or hug you.

Penelope.

Well, if I were you, I’d do neither.

Dickie.

[Taking her hands.] Pen, I want to talk seriously to you.

Penelope.

[Releasing them, with a look at the clock.] Have you time?

Dickie.

What on earth d’you mean?