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NANCY (awed). Are we going to have lots of money one day? Oh, quick, tell me—but slowly right from the beginning. (She arranges his chair for him.) Or would you rather walk about, dear?

BROXOPP (sitting down). Well, I shall probably have to walk about directly, but—Where are you going to sit?

NANCY (on the floor at his knees). Here.

ssss1BROXOPP (earnestly). Nancy, you must get me out of my habit of sitting down before you are seated. It isn’t what a gentleman would do.

NANCY (patting his hand). It’s what a husband would do. That’s what wives are for—to make their husbands comfy.

BROXOPP. Well, dear, never hesitate to tell me any little thing you notice about me. I never drop my aitches now, do I?

NANCY (smiling lovingly at him). Never, darling.

BROXOPP (complacently). Very few people could have got out of that in a year. But then (raising his hand with a gesture of pride) Broxopp is not like—— Dear me, have I been wearing my hat all the time?

NANCY. Yes, darling, I love you in your hat.