On The Town Act 2, Scene 1a

Question 1

Oh, I’m sorry. I’m so terribly sorry. I really didn’t mean to sit on your lap. It was an accident, really it was. You see, it was this way…

Answer 1

Scram! Well, Gabe, I just talked to Lucy- told her all about you. She was out of the house before I could hang up.

Question 2

I wish I was dead and burr-

Answer 2

I’m sorry, I’m very sorry. This is too depressing. I’ve got a friend over there who’s dyin’!

Question 3

Put it here.

Answer 3

Is he kidding? Put it over here. Hello, hello, hello, Lucy? Where are ya? Diamond Eddie’s That’s impossible. We’re at Diamond Eddie’s. Fifty-third Street, four blocks from the house. You’re in Yonkers? They got a Diamond Eddie’s up there to? All right, you made a natural mistake. Come on down here quick.

Question 4

We need a change of atmosphere. I know, tell your friend to head for the Congacabana. And not the one in Poughkeepsie.

Answer 4

O.K. Lucy- look, don’t come h- No, no, Don’t- Come- Here- What? Well, stop crying. Meet us at the Congacabana. -Got it?- O.K. And stop sneezing, you’ll catch cold.