sleeve and must straighten his tie._]

LAURA. [_Embracing_ TIPPY.] YOU dear!

KEN. Hello--hello.

LAURA. Hello, Martin,--you still a Communist?

MARTIN. And how!

LAURA. [_To_ TIPPY.] Are Kate and Ted going to be here too?

TIPPY. You bet!

LAURA. Oh, how grand! It's going to be like old times.

KEN. [_Tolerantly._] For anyone who so hated those times, Laura, I
must say ...

LAURA. [_Positively._] They were good times.--Except that you
wouldn't have me.

KEN. I was an idiot.

LAURA. Such a charming idiot.

MARTIN. Looks as if you maybe like that fellow.

LAURA. Mm. A little bit.