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Ah! You go in da cellar with Ah Gee, Joe, and bring back playnta vino. Den you come back here and mak’ little talk with Tony.

That’s the idea.

[He goes into the cellar, followed by .]

[In the door, a fractious eye on the festa]: Those mothers ought to be reported for keeping youngsters up this time of night.

[A pause filled with voices and laughter.]

[Crescendo]: Doc! Doc! Doc! [The turns.] You think I am well next week, Doc?

I sincerely hope, Tony, that you may be well in six months.

Six month’?

You don’t seem to realize what a bad smash you had. [As he sits down to his professional manner:] Both