Sweet Sorrow

The halls of Ivy starring Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Coleman. Good evening, Mrs. Ronald Coleman. And Bonita Coleman. Ivy College, that is, in the town of Ivy, USA.

Presidents of colleges normally spend their days coping with complexities which would unseat the reason of lesser men. But Dr. William Todd Hunter Hall, president of Ivy College, is able to maintain his serenity because number one faculty role is a little oasis of peace and sanity.

well-tentered by his delightful wife, the former Victoria Cromwell, of the London stage, from which and whom he's loath to depart each morning, as evidenced by his usual prolonged breakfast. Give me another large cup of coffee, will you please, Vicki?

Or as large an amount as you can get into this little cup. Yes, Jorick, you've had three cups, and I don't think... Well, I would hardly refer to three fillings of these eggshells as three cups of coffee, my darling.

Well, let us say I've had a cup of coffee divided like gall into three parts. You know, I have a theory that cups like these were designed by the same vicious little man who distributes soap to hotel rooms.

Probably the same type-fisted misanthropist who got run out of Detroit for putting those tiny rear windows in convertible car. Hey, probably, but three cups of coffee for a man? I don't remember where we got these guts, but I have a feeling that you brought them to me in your hope chest.

Well, as a matter of fact, you gave me this set years ago for a good time. They were little keepsakes, no doubt, from your childhood set of... I did. Yes. Well, I didn't know then how much I would enjoy sitting at breakfast with you, my love.