JACK Is he in the show business? MARY He was. JACK Smart enough to get out, huh?... He’s stuck on you, ain’t he? MARY We were engaged once. JACK Yeh.... Any time you see a guy act like that, you know he’s in love. Well, there’s one thing I’ll say about him, he’s got good taste. MARY Do you think so? JACK [_Moves closer to_ MARY. _She is still sitting on the trunk. All of the flippancy has left him. He is suddenly shy and very earnest_]. Yeh.... You know, if I make one-half the hit tonight that Lee expects me to make—if I go over half as big as everybody thinks I will—do you know what I’d like to do? I’d like to come over close to you, like this, and tell you ... that I love you. [JIMMY _enters._] JIMMY Mr. Robin. JACK That guy picks the darndest time to come in! JIMMY There’s a man out there asking for a Jakie Robin. His name is—[_Reads from card._]—Yudelson, Dealer in Diamonds and Jewelry. Do you know who it is? JACK Yudelson? It can’t be. [YUDELSON _enters._] Well, well, well, Yudelson! What are you doing here?... He’s all right, Jimmy. [JIMMY _goes._] YUDELSON Well, well, Jakele, what a big boy you are! I never would have known you. What a trouble I had with him! First I asked for Jakie Rabinowitz. I forgot your Mama told me to ask for Jakie Robin. JACK My Mama? What’s the matter with Mama? YUDELSON She’s all right. She told me to ask you—she asked I should say to you—[_He is obviously uncomfortable in the presence of_ MARY.] I must see you in person. JACK [_Looks around, sees_ MARY]. Oh, Mary ... I I want you to meet Mr. Yudelson. This is Miss Mary Dale. MARY How do you do? YUDELSON How do you do. [_Looks at_ JACK _as he shakes her hand._] A pleasure! JACK Mr. Yudelson is an old friend of the family. He’s known me since I was so high. [_Measures with hand._] He and my father are great friends. YUDELSON Cantor Rabinowitz and me, we are like this. [_Puts two fingers together._] JACK [_There is a pause._ YUDELSON _has revealed significant detail._ MARY’s _involuntary expression of surprise shows this._ JACK, _for an instant, is confused. Then, with pride in his voice_]. Yeh, my Father is the finest Cantor on the East Side. YUDELSON Did you never heard of Cantor Rabinowitz of the Orchard Street Synagogue? I’m surprised!