Elkie: [whispers to Heffer] Your family are wolves?

Heffer Wolfe: Oh, I was adopted.

Elkie: [whispering] I didn't realize.

Heffer Wolfe:
So, would you like to see some embarrassing pictures of me as a child?

Elkie: Sure.

[They leave the room]

George Wolfe:
[whispering] VIRGINIA, SHE'S STILL ALIVE.

Virginia Wolfe: [whispering] Now, dear. Just be glad he got her here at all.

George Wolfe: Well, I think he's getting a little TOO friendly with the main course.

Virginia Wolfe: Well, Heffer's always been very fond of food.

George Wolfe: Why can't I have any normal offspring!”

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