Dorothy: Oh, Ma, I'm glad you're here. I got a call from Mr. Porter. He thinks you're pushing the folks at Cypress Grove too hard.
Sophia: Big deal. One little dance-till-you-drop marathon. It only took ten minutes.
Dorothy: And what's this about their staying into the night doing homework?
Sophia: A lot of them sit around waiting for their kids to write. So I said, "Why don't you write to our lonely servicemen instead?" I mean, we older folks have to exercise our minds, too. And don't you forget it, Gloria.
Dorothy: Ma, Gloria is your daughter in California.
Sophia: Uh, I-I knew that. A mere dramatization to make my point, uh, pal.