Leo at Work / What Am I Waiting For?

[TOWNSPEOPLE]
Strong and sure is the dream of Atlanta
When her brothers are unified!

[LEO]
Twenty-eight boxes of caps
At four dollars the gross—
This is wrong, this is wrong
I can fix this— Wait
Nine more boxes in back
Twenty-eight minus nine
And then thirty-one girls on the line...

[LUCILLE]
Suit and a tie...

[LEO]
Times six, one eighty-six...

[LUCILLE]
Terribly quiet...

[LEO]
Divide... seven sixty...

[LUCILLE]
Quite a well-paid position

[LEO]
God— all the noise, and on Yontiff yet...

[LUCILLE]
"Go on, Lucille..."

[LEO]
Four cents a girl for the week...

[LUCILLE]
"Bring him his coffee..."

[LEO]
At ten cents an hour...

[LUCILLE]
Straight from New York, Lucille!
Isn't he smart, Lucille?

Mama, he's comin' around today—
Mama, he's at the door!
Mama, I don't know what I should say...
"Well, what are you waitin' for, Lucille?"
What am I waitin' for?

[LEO]
This is wrong, this is wrong
It's an eight, not a six...

[LUCILLE]
House and a maid
Two sets of china
Everything I was wishing
New winter coat
Real ermine collar—
Who would have known, Lucille?
Married so well, Lucille?

How can he want me, so plain, so prim?
How can he be so sure?
Don't I wish I could be sure like him?
Like Leo?

[LEO]
Yes, Lucille, I am building a life for us...

[LUCILLE]
For Leo?

[LEO]
No, Lucille, we cannot have a picnic...

[LUCILLE]
Didn't my wishes come true for me
The day he walked through the door?
Isn't he all that I knew he'd be?
Brilliant and filled with humility?
Loyal and stable as any tree?
So why do I wait for more?
What am I waitin' for?

[LEO]
Twenty-three cartons of leads
At two-sixty the gross...
This is wrong, this is wrong
I can fix this...

[MARY, spoken]
Hey.

[LEO, spoken]
Yes?

[MARY, spoken]
I came for my pay.

[LEO, spoken]
Name?

[MARY, spoken]
Mary Phagan.