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The same room, nine o'clock the next evening. DR. BEN BAKER is sitting by the table, smoking. ROLLO BREWSTER is standing between the table and the stove, with his hands behind him. There is a worried expression in his face.
DR. BEN / [With careless impatience] / Rollo, whenever I smoke in this room, I feel as if I were fumigating the office of a Female President. Are you sure it's all right?