THE SECOND ACT
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Amy
I don’t remember of giving you leave to use my Christian name.
Joe
Excuse me . . . only . . . there’s something I just got to say to you before I go away. Because I am going. I’m going in the morning just as soon as Tony wakes up so’s I can tell him good-by. But there’s something I just got to ask you.
Amy
What is it?
Joe
You like Tony all right, don’t you?
Amy
I married him, didn’t I? And I let him give me jewelry, too, didn’t I? A nice, self-respecting girl don’t accept jewelry from a man she don’t like. Not real jewelry.
Joe
I know that . . . only . . . it ain’t just what I mean. Because, Tony—oh, he’s a nut an’ a wop an’ all that, but he’s just the best old fella I ever knew. Regular salt of the earth, Tony is. I wouldn’t
