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[Startled and afraid she may have guessed something he doesn’t acknowledge to himself]

What? Why do you say that?

[Then rudely defensive]

Don’t be silly!

[Resentfully]

You know well enough what I’ve always held against him! I wanted to put up all the money to back Sam when he started. I wanted to do it for Sam’s sake—but especially for my child’s sake. Why did Marsden absolutely insist on Sam letting him in equally? It isn’t that I begrudge him the money he’s made, but I know there was something queer in his mind and that he did it intentionally to spite me!

[From the hallway comes the sound of voice and  ''greeting him vociferously as he lets him into the apartment. As listens his expression becomes furious again. He bursts out angrily'']

You’re letting that old ass spoil Gordon, you fool, you!

[ ''comes in from the rear, smiling, immaculately dressed as usual. He looks hardly any older except that his hair is grayer and his tall figure more stooped. His expression and the general atmosphere he gives out are more nearly like those of Act One. If not happy, he is at least living in comparative peace with himself and his environment'']

[Comes straight to ]

Hello, Nina Cara Nina! Congratulations on your son’s birthday!

[He kisses her]