Characters: JACK, Jill (his wife), Nurse and Aunt Jane
Scene:The lounge of JACK and JILL'S Villa at New Hampstead. The essential
furniture consists of a table on which are writing materials, and two chairs. As the curtain
rises the lounge is empty, but JACK and JILL come immediately, followed by AUNT JANE
Jill : And this is the lounge.
Aunt Jane : Charming! Charming! Such a cosy little room! And such pretty furniture.
Jack : (modestly) We like it, you know, handy place to sit in and listen to the
radiogram.
Aunt Jane : Oh, have you got a radiogram as well as a car and a piano?
Jack : Why, of course, Aunt Jane. You simply must have a radio set nowadays.
Jill : And it's so nice for me when Jack's away at business. I even make him
move it into the kitchen, so that I can listen to it while I cook.
Jack : Sit down, Aunt Jane, You must be tired-and we've shown you everything
now.
Jill : What do you think of our little nest, Aunt Jane?
Aunt Jane : I think it's wonderful, my dears. The furniture-and the car-and the pianoand the refrigerator and the radio-what's it- it's wonderful, really
wonderful!
Jack : And we owe it all to you.
Aunt Jane : Yes, Jack, that's what's worrying me.
Jack : Worrying you, Aunt Jane?
Aunt Jane : Yes. That cheque I gave you for your wedding present-it was only two hundred
pounds, wasn't it? I- didn't put two thousand by mistake?