Zekiel.
Sect'y Jeff'son and Sentah Monroe.
Hamilton.
[Bowing to them.] Mr. Jefferson. Senator Monroe.
Monroe.
[l. of Jefferson.] Howdo, Hamilton.
Jefferson.
[Advancing to c.] Citizen Secretary, I trust we do not call at an inconvenient or unseasonable hour.
Hamilton.
Your time, gentlemen, could not have been better chosen. Zekiel, a bottle of wine.
Zekiel.
A bottle of wine and a sangwidge. Yes, sah.
Jefferson.
Mrs. Hamilton is not back yet?
Hamilton.
[Getting behind chair r. of large table and indicating it to Jefferson.] No, my wife will not return, I fear, for a month or more. Will you take this chair, Mr. Jefferson? [Jefferson sits r. of table.] Will you take this one, Senator? [Monroe crosses and sits in large armchair.] That is the chair General Washington always sits in when he is here. [Monroe rises uncomfortably then sits again.] I'lll sit here at my desk, if you don't mind.
