10
STREET SCENE
[Act I
[Mrs. Fiorentino reappears and leans out of the window again.]
Mrs. Maurrant
Catch it!
[She throws out a twist of newspaper. Willie scrambles for it, hastily extracts the dime, drops the newspaper on the pavement and skates off, at the left.]
Mrs. Fiorentino
[Twisting her neck upwards]: Good evening, Mrs. Maurrant.
Mrs. Maurrant
Good evening, Mrs. Fiorentino. [Calling after Willie]: And don’t come home too late, Willie!
[But Willie is already out of earshot.]
Mrs. Fiorentino
Why don’t you come down and be sociable?
Mrs. Maurrant
I’m keeping some supper warm for my husband. [A slight pause]: Well, maybe I will for just a minute.
[She leaves the window. The lights in her apartment go out.]
Mrs. Fiorentino
She has her troubles with dot Willie.
