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Expect me to call my husband mister? That’d sound swell, wouldn’t it? Tony. Short for Antonio. Antonio and Cleopatra, huh? Can you beat it? You’ll have to call me Cleo.

I like better Amy.

There ain’t no short for Amy. It’s French and it means beloved. Beloved! Can you beat it? The boss in the spaghetti palace told me that the night he tried to give me a twelve-dollar pearl necklace. Twelve dollars! He was some sport. When he seen I couldn’t see it that way, he give it to Blanche. She was the other girl that worked there. He had a wife and three kids too. [ beckons again and takes further refuge in conversation.] I like that name Blanche. I used to wish my name was Blanche instead of Amy. Blanche got in trouble. Poor Blanche! Gee, I was sorry for that girl!

Come over here, Amy. [He holds out the box.]

What’s that?