I don't see how you can stand him. You're always complaining about people being frauds and phoneys. This guy is the phoney of the decade, yet you act as he were your long-lost best friend.

Tom's hardly a phoney. Just mildly deluded. He's a perfectly nice guy.

That's just another aspect of his phoniness. He's a terrible phoney, and when he's not being a phoney, he's a bastard.

Oh, come on.

You saw how he treated Audrey last night.

Well, Audrey seems to have forgotten it.

She has to act that way. Otherwise it would be even more humiliating. But I don't have to pretend Tom Townsend is a nice guy.

You're really gaga about Audrey, aren't you?

If by "gaga" you mean, do I like her? Yes, I do.

Well, why don't you do something about it, instead of just going on and on about what a bastard Tom Townsend is.

What do I do? Declare myself? That would be an absolute disaster. I don't think I haven't thought about these things. But I think if the situation could just continue as it has been, they gradually, over time, it'd grow into something more. That, at least, is what I've been hoping for.