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MRS. BRAMSON: It won't come out....
DAN _shrugs his shoulders, stands behind_ MRS. BRAMSON'S _chair,
and studies her play._ OLIVIA _follows his example from her
side._
OLIVIA (_pointing to two cards_): Look.
MRS. BRAMSON (_infuriated_): I saw that! Leave me alone, and
don't interfere.
_A pause._ DAN _makes a quick movement and puts one card on
another.
(Pleased and interested, quite unconscious to the difference in her
attitude_) Oh, yes, dear, of course....
OLIVIA (_as_ MRS. BRAMSON _makes a move_): No, that's a
spade.
MRS. BRAMSON (_sharply_): No such thing; it's a club. It's got a
wiggle on it.
DAN: They both got wiggles on 'em. (_Pointing to another card_)
This is a club.
MRS. BRAMSON: Oh yes, dear, so it is! OLIVIA (_writing_): The
ironmonger says there _were_ two extra gallons of paraffin not
paid for.
MRS. BRAMSON: And they _won't_ be paid for either--not if I have
to go to law about it.
_A pause. She coughs absently_.
DAN: I'm sorry. Is my cigarette worrying you?
MRS. BRAMSON: No, no, dear.
_This has its effect on_ OLIVIA.
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