Well--many. [_THE BOY goes out--reluctantly._ ARTIST [_Who has all the time been glaring at OSCAR._] Speaking for the artists, I want to say right now-- OSCAR Speaking for the writers, I wish to say before we go further-- EARNEST APPROACH A more serious approach-- LIGHT TOUCH A lighter touch-- FIREBRAND Speaking for myself-- PHILOSOPHER Speaking for the truth-- [_Phone rings, OSCAR answers. Enter THE MAN from the Cape--slow, heavy._ ED You have come to tell us something about this paper? THE MAN Yes. ED There are a number ahead of you. Will you wait your turn? [_A look of disappointment._] I’ll be glad to see you as soon as I can. There in the outside office? [_A moment THE MAN stands there, a mute ponderous figure, then very slowly goes out._ OSCAR [_Hanging up receiver._] Moritz Paper Company. Bill got to be paid today. And here-- [_Takes from his drawer a huge packet of bills._ EARNEST APPROACH You could pay your bills if you were not afraid to be serious! LIGHT TOUCH You could pay your bills if you were not afraid to be gay! EARNEST APPROACH [_From the door, solemnly._] A more earnest approach would save _The People_. LIGHT TOUCH A lighter touch would turn the trick! [_With that they leave._ FIREBRAND [_Going over and pounding on THE EDITOR’S desk._] To hell with the bourgeoisie! Apes! PHILOSOPHER Efficiency has put out the spark. ED Well, as long as the spark appears to be good and out, may I, in the name of efficiency, ask you who do not belong here to retire, that we may go ahead with our work? PHILOSOPHER There would be greater efficiency in our remaining. There would be form. You have lacked form. FIREBRAND You have lacked courage! Donkeys! ED It would be illuminating, Leo, to hear you run through the animal kingdom--toads, crocodiles, a number of things you haven’t mentioned yet, but the animal kingdom is large--and we have work to do. PHILOSOPHER You lack form in your work. By form I do not mean what you think I mean. I mean that particular significance of the insignificant which is the fundamental-- ED We couldn’t understand it. Why tell us? PHILOSOPHER No. You couldn’t understand it. [_He leaves them to their fate._ FIREBRAND Rest in peace. [_Gesture of benediction. Then hissingly._] Centipedes! [_He goes--leaving a laugh behind him._ ED What’s the matter with us is our friends. SARA [_Quietly._] Well, to be or not to be. I guess it’s up to you, Ed. ED Just what would we be going on for? To make a few more people like the dear ones who have just left us? Seems to me we could best serve society by not doing that. Precisely what do we do?--aside from getting under the bed in Bronxville. Now and then something particularly rotten is put over and we have a story that gets a rise out of a few people, but--we don’t change anything. SARA