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Rh [ begins to replace the boxes on the shelves down right. ''enters from the street. She is very beautifully dressed.'']

—Good morning. [She comes slowly down to. looks up, stares at her in blank amazement.]

—[Pauses in the act of lifting a big box.] Good morning. [There is a pause.]

—And now let us go over them once more to see if they are all here. How many should there be?

—[Confused.] Just as you say.

—How many?

—Oh! How many? Forty-eight.

—Let us count them over. [They count.]

—[Extends her hand to .] How are you, Mr. Juhasz?

—[Puts down the box.] Thank you very well. [Extends his hand to her over the counter.]Won't you sit down?

—[After a pause.] I can hardly believe it is only two weeks since I saw you.

—That's not a very long time.

—No. [She looks at him.] I've come I've come to buy a few things.

—How odd!

—Odd?