THE PAJAMA GAME - Act 1 : Page 16
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SID Well, I’m rather flexible in the matter.
HASLER Say, has he got their number — keen mind — one of
the greatest thinkers in the country today. Should
listen to him every night. It ought to be in every
executive’s contract What’s this? This book shouldn’t
GLADYS ENTER WITH be left lying around. Gladys!
BOOK GLADYS Yes?
HASLER Where have you been?
GLADYS I been to the ladies’. Isn’t that all right?
HASLER But this book —
GLADYS Oh, Mr. Hasler, you scared the life out of me. Look.
I’ve got the key around my neck. It’s all right.
GLADYS EXIT HASLER I don’t want it left lying around. Is that clear?
GLADYS Yes, Mr. Hasler.
HASLER If I can’t trust Gladys, who can I trust?
SID I wouldn’t know.
HASLER EXIT
HASLER What was my book doing here anyhow?
MABEL Say Sid, who is this Fulton Lewis, Jr. he’s always
talking about?
SID He plays third base for the Chicago White Sox. The
old man’s got a bad case of bookitis, hasn’t he?
MABEL Oh yes.
SID I wonder if he’s got a skeleton locked in there. Say,
Mabel ... tell me something. What kind of a girl is this
Babe Williams?
MABEL Babe? She’s peppy. Full of spunk.
SID Is she married?
MABEL No, not quite.
SID What do you mean not quite?
MABEL Well, she was close once. She was engaged to the
Johnson boy. Then one time at a football game she
pushed him off the end of the bleachers and gave him
a concussion. That broke the engagement.
SID Outdoor girl.