are you making out?

_Will (off Left)_. What do you think of my opening scenes?

_Peggy_. Why, I think they could be better. You see, Will, you don't
really know anything about snow-shovellers or butlers.

_Will_ (_appears_ in doorway Left, wiping a dish_). I've got a real
character for the next scene at least. I used Bill!

_Peggy_. For heaven's sake!

_Will_. As a street-gamin.

_Peggy_. But Bill's not like a street-gamin. Such a child is full of
slang.

_Will_. I thought of what Bill might have been if he'd been turned
out to shift for himself. I imagined the soul of a street-gamin in
the body of our Bill.

_Peggy_. That sounds rather terrible. (_A pause_.) By the way, Will!
That love-interest you said was to come! Where is it?

_Will_. I've hardly got into the act yet.

_Peggy_. Well, you'd better get into your love-interest!

_Will_. The next scene is to be another dropcurtain. A restaurant.
I'm using that one down our street. Read it. (_He disappears Left.