MARTIN. Dangerous to world capitalism--but constructive of a new
civilization.
BISHOP. Young man, may I ask if you are American born?
MARTIN. I was born on a Dakota farm. My father was an American
kulak. An insurance company expropriated him.
LAURA. Bishop Holden didn't come to get into arguments with you
boys.
BISHOP. Another time, perhaps. I think I could convince you that
you're following a dangerous delusion.
MARTIN. Thanks, Laura. You're right. I'll run along.
TIPPY. I'll go with you. I've a bit of shopping I ought to do.
MARTIN. I'll get your hat. [_Goes to bedroom._]
BISHOP. And how is your business progressing, Timothy? Kenneth
wrote me about it. Don't be ashamed of it. Don't be ashamed of
honest labor, young man.--You are boarding dogs, I believe.
TIPPY. No. I have no place for that. I only wash them.
BISHOP. You wash them and they pay you?
TIPPY. Yes sir. That is, I wash the dogs, and the people pay me.
BISHOP. Ah yes. I understand.
[MARTIN _comes out with_ TIPPY'S _hat. Picks up his own._]
TIPPY. Clean dogs for clean people.
MARTIN. Lap dogs for kept women.--People are desperate and
destitute.--And Tippy washes dogs for a living!
BISHOP. It's a sad world. It's true that some have too much, and
many have too little....
MARTIN. But we mustn't protest. The meek shall inherit the earth!
BISHOP. And the devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
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