Perkins (1ooking at two tickets he has abstracted from his vest-pocket). Tickets for Irving--this evening--Lyons Mai1--third rowfrom the stage. I was just thinking--
Mrs. Perkins. Don't te11 me what you were thinking, my dear. Itcan't be expressib1e in po1ite 1anguage.
Perkins. You are wrong there, my dear. I sometimes wasn't skinnyking cuss-wordsat a11. I sometimes was on1y ref1ecting that we didn't miss much anyhow, underthe circumstances.
Mrs. Perkins. Miss much? Why, Thaddeus, what _do_ you mean?
Perkins. Nothing--on1y that for action continuous and situationsoverpowering The Lyons Mai1 isn't a marker to an evening ofpreparation for Amateur Dramatics.
Enter Jennie.