Good Morning, Good Day

ARPAD: Good morning.

SIPOS: Good day.

ARPAD: How are you this beautiful day?

Isn't this a beautiful morning?

SIPOS: Very.

ARPAD: Hey Sipos, how's this?

SIPOS: That's an awfully elegant pose,

But is all that elegance necessary?

ARPAD: (spoken) And why not? I represent Maraczek's don't I? We're not a butcher's shop or a hardware store, we're a parfumerie. That means we're, we're...

SIPOS: We're stylish.

ARPAD: That's it.

SIPOS: With a quiet dignity.

ARPAD: Yes.

And we get the tilt of our hats right.

SIPOS: That's right.

ARPAD: When I ride my bike

People see what Maraczek's like,

So I think it's very important that I look my best.

SIPOS: (spoken) And, uh, how many people have you run over today?

ARPAD: Not one!

SIPOS: Well, it's early.

ARPAD: Here comes Miss Ritter.

SIPOS: Oh?

ARPAD: She spent the night with Mr. Kodaly.

SIPOS: Again?

ARPAD: They always kiss goodbye at the newsstand, then she walks around the block to make us think she's been home.

ILONA: Good morning.

ARPAD & SIPOS: Good day.

ILONA: How are you this glorious day?

Have you seen a lovelier morning?

ARPAD & SIPOS: Never.

ILONA: It's too nice a day

To be inside shuffling soap.

I have no more energy whatsoever.

(spoken)

Anybody mind if I take the day off? Arpad, why aren't you old enough to take me away from all this?

ARPAD: I'm old enough.

ILONA: Well, then marry me, and I'll quit my job. No. I'm afraid you're not really quite old enough.

ARPAD: It won't be long though, I'm catching up. You know, Miss Horvath always used to say I'd get to be thirty-five before you ever did.

SIPOS: Oh, Mr. Kodaly.

KODALY: Good morning.

ARPAD, SIPOS, & ILONA: Good day.

KODALY: How are you this radiant day?

What a rare, magnificent morning.

ARPAD, SIPOS, & ILONA: Is it?

KODALY: Good morning, my dear.