Mrs. Miller: “I’m sure I don’t know what you mean. I should never think of giving a dinner without Mr. Miller.”
Lawton: “No?” A ring is heard. “There’s Bemis.”
Mrs. Miller: “It’s Mr. Miller.”
Mrs. Roberts: “Aunt Mary at last!” As she bustles toward the door: “Edward, there are twelve—Aunt Mary and Willis.”
Roberts: “Oh, yes. I totally forgot Willis.”
Lawton: “Who’s Willis?”
Roberts: “Willis? Oh, Willis is my wife’s brother. We always have him.”
Lawton: “Oh, yes, Campbell.”
Mrs. Roberts, without: “Mr. Bemis! So kind of you to come on Christmas.”
Mr. Bemis, without: “So kind of you to ask us houseless strangers.”