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 —Urgent as all that! [Calls through the archway.] Adolf, we'll close up now.

—You will understand when I've told you  that [ enters through the archway, a sheaf of letters and invoices in her hand.]

—May I interrupt a moment, Mrs. Juhasz?

—Certainly.

—Semlinger and Weiss have written about those motor robes again the leather-bound ones. They say they are holding two dozen for us.

—[Uneasily.] Let me see. [She takes the letter.]

—Didn't you answer them last week?

—Mrs. Juhasz thought we might wait awhile.

—How dare you say such a thing?

—But, my dear  —[Coldly.] Mrs. Juhasz instructed me not to answer it.

—If Miss Paula says you  —I suppose she can't be mistaken.

—I usually am not.

—What do I care about your old motor robes? [Throws the letter away.] I have nothing to do with it. [Walks away from them.]

—[Picks up the letter.] My wife's a bit nervous to-night. Write Semlinger and Weiss, Miss Paula, that we'll take the whole two dozen. [Gives