The Swimmer1968

Shirley Abbott:
[Sarcastically] Well, how goes it in "Never-Never Land"?

Ned Merrill:
What?

Shirley Abbott:
Has the ideal, all-American family found happiness on the hill?

Ned Merrill:
[a bit confused] The "hill"?

Shirley Abbott:
I heard a rumor that you'd changed your place of residence.

Ned Merrill:
Of course not. That's ridiculous!

Shirley Abbott:
Well, how is the President of the League of Women Voters?

Ned Merrill:
[Confused] Who?

Shirley Abbott:
How is your wife?

Ned Merrill:
Oh, she's fine.

Shirley Abbott:
I've been away so long I haven't kept up with the news. I suppose by now all the waitresses in town must be certified non-venereal. Last I heard, that was your wife's latest project: physical checkups for food handlers. [laughs derisively]

Ned Merrill:
[Defensively] Lucinda's always done a lot of good in this town.

Shirley Abbott:
She just didn't do so good at home, did she?