LEE I don’t care what you thought. Did you or didn’t you tell me you were in the “Follies”? JACK [_He has been listening to them while chatting with_ CARTER, _and now moves down_]. Excuse me, Mr. Lee. Could I see you just a minute?... Don’t blame this kid. Anything she slipped over on you was my fault. She—well I saw her in the waiting room—and she looked kind of bashful, poor kid—so I told her to tell you she had been in the “Follies.” I know you and Ziegfeld aren’t talking, so you’d never find out! LEE Well, I’ll be damned! JACK [_A master of the tempo of kidding, he moves hastily toward the stricken_ MISS GLYNN _and whispers to her. Her face lights up as she runs off the stage happily. Crescendo,_ JACK _turns to_ LEE]. That’s all right, Mr. Lee. She forgives you! She isn’t mad at you at all! [JACK _doubles up with a grimace of mock humility, and_ LEE _succumbs. He laughs._] LEE You better not let Miss Dale catch you doing favors for little girls. [JACK _grins and strolls across the stage, watching the electrician who is playing with lighting effects._] MARY [_Comes in and goes to_ LEE _by the table. She has a sheet of paper which she places before him_]. Harry, here’s the sketch— JIMMY [_Enters_]. Mr. Lee, Mr. Randolph Dillings just phoned and told me to tell you he was coming here this afternoon. LEE Thank you, Jimmy. [JIMMY _goes_. LEE _rises, and the act settles into a slower pace; for the “atmosphere” is over._ LEE _speaks half to himself._] That’s too bad. MARY Is Randy still bothering you about Jack? LEE Yes. The last time he was down he wanted me to let Jack go. MARY Why? LEE You. MARY I don’t understand. LEE He’s jealous. MARY But he hasn’t even met Jack. He didn’t say anything to me about it. LEE Of course he wouldn’t—to you. MARY That’s perfectly childish of him. LEE [_He has been half absorbed during this dialogue with papers on the table. He picks them up and mumbles_]. Yes, I suppose it is. [_He goes off._] [JACK, _who has been standing back-stage chatting with some girls, is now heard laughing and joking with them. They are called away and_ JACK _comes down to_ MARY _who is sitting on a trunk._] MARY Well, you seem to be happy, Jack. I was afraid you’d be nervous on your opening night. JACK