Ice cream!
ALL THE CHILDREN. More ice cream! Ice cream!
PHILIP. Let's see.
[MOLES _hands him the ice cream dish._
CHRISTOPHER. [_To_ PHILIP.] Can I have some more, or will it make me
sick?
PHILIP. [_Serves the children._] No, there's plenty. When there isn't
enough, mamma always says it will make us sick.
CHRISTOPHER. And papa--when we have company unexpected, and there isn't
enough of anything, papa always says F.H.B.
PHILIP. F.H.B.
ELAINE. Why?
CHRISTOPHER. He says it means Family Hold Back, and we all have to say
"No, thank you," when it comes around! Do you like grandma, Phil?
PHILIP. Naw! Grandma's no good.
[MOLES _goes out with the empty ice cream dish._
TOOTS. No good, grandma!
[_A knock outside the door Left._
GEORGIANA. [_Outside._] Hello! Hello!
PHILIP. [_Delighted._] Aunt Georgiana!
ALL THE CHILDREN. Aunt Georgiana!
GEORGIANA. [_Outside._] Is this a private room at Sherry's, or may an
old maid aunt come in?
ALL. No! Yes! Come in--come on in!
[_They clatter on the table with their spoons, and shout "Hurrah! Aunt
Georgiana!" as_ GEORGIANA _enters. She is a beautiful creature, about
thirty, and in the very height of health and spirits--an American Beauty
rose the moment before it opens.
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