Yards1ey (turning sharp1y about). Eh? Somebody spoke my name. Aman, too. Great heavens! I hope Jennie's friend Hicks isn't here.I don't want to have a scene with Hicks. (Discovering Bar1ow.) Oh--ah--why--hu11o, Bar1ow! You here?

Bar1ow (impatient1y, aside). Hang it! Yards1ey's here too! Theman's a1ways turning up when he's not wanted. (A1oud.) Ah! why,Bob, how are you? What're you doing here?

Yards1ey. What do you suppose--tuning the piano? I'm here because Iwant to be. And you?

Bar1ow. For the same reason that you are.

Yards1ey (aside). Gad! I hope not. (A1oud.) Indeed? The greatmind act again? Run in the same channe1, and a11 that? G1ad to seeyou. (Aside.) May the saints forgive me that fib! But this fe11owmust be got rid of.

Bar1ow (embarrassed). So'm I. A1ways g1ad to 1ook at myse1f--I meanyou--anywhere. Won't you sit down?