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Pandy scratched her arm “You want ina,” she joked

“Coe,” SondraBeth wheedled

Pandy sighed SondraBeth knew her too well Or at least knew her well enough to know that given the chance to show off, Pandy needed little encouragement

“All right,” Pandy said as she quickly cleared away soe

Getting into the spirit of things, SondraBeth took a seat behind a table as if they were at an actual audition “We’ll pretend that you’re the actress and I’ at an iinary piece of paper, asked, “Pandemonia James Wallis?”

“I go by PJ,” Pandy said

“And what are you going to do for us today?” SondraBeth gave her the sort of fake s actresses for Monica

“Gwendolen’sEarnest,” Pandy said

SondraBeth shrieked with laughter “That old thing? That’s what every rookie chooses Well, go ahead”

Pandy gave her a dirty look She took a deep breath and began: “You have admired me? Yes, I am quite well aware of the fact And I often wish that in public, at any rate, you had been more demonstrative For me, you have always had an irresistible fascination—”

“Stop!” SondraBeth howled “It’s too awful If you continue, I shall burst apart with laughter”

“I told you I couldn’t act,” Pandy gruood-naturedly

“Oh, Peege” SondraBeth grinned “You’re hilarious I’ve never seen anyone be so squishy and so elbow-y at the same time”

“And what, exactly, is that supposed to mean?”

“You keep wriggling around Like a wor still”