- [first lines]
- Alvin: "And how's your mother keeping?" she asked. And their Bet says, "She's keeping away, and you can't ask for more than that."
- Ivy: [peering round corner after Alvin and the woman] Who's that?
- Nora: It's him from next door.
- Ivy: Not him! Who's she?
- Nora: Ooh, I've no idea.
- Ivy: Oh, don't say that; you'll never be able to sleep.
- Nora: It's no business of mine who he's with!
- Ivy: I know that! But how are you going to find out?
- Nora: I'll ask him. I don't believe in being sneaky.
- Ivy: Oh? What about his right to privacy?
- Nora: I don't believe in that much either.
- Truly: Anyway, he used to play the piano; the ladies go for those types. Alvin'll be fine. He's totally unattractive.