Erna put her hands in the pockets of her bath robe and smiled
tolerantly. "Why should we try to confuse you? We're just trying to
find out whether or not you're sure where you were born."
"Of course I'm sure."
"Where was it?"
"London."
"All right. We'll let it go this once. But we can't have people in our
room saying things without knowing why they say them. So be careful."
She turned to Flip. "Okay, Pill. Where were you born?"
"Goshen, Connecticut." Warned by Gloria, Flip answered firmly while
Erna and Jackie asked her seven or eight times.
Jackie slipped over the foot of the bed and pushed her feet back into
her slippers. She smiled ravishingly at Flip and Gloria. "Well," she
told them, "I think you've passed the preliminary examination."