MAMIE. Oh, I am pleased. But why didn’t she give it to Mr. Tully, if she thinks I’m his wife?
JOHN. Ah, that’s the point—that’s the trouble. (Nodding his head towards TULLY.) There are some people in this world you can’t trust.
MAMIE. I could tell you a few things about Mr. Tully. Ask him if he knows a girl called Agnes—she teaches him ragtime down at the Mission.
(TULLY sings louder.)
JOHN (to TULLY). Oh, dry up! Will you dry up!!!
(TULLY drops on “all fours” and stops singing.)
MAMIE (looking at TULLY). What’s he doing there? Saying his prayers?
JOHN. He must keep to that door in case Mrs. Ayers comes back.
(TULLY has stopped singing and is trying hard not to listen.)