Topsy looks flustered as she comes into the Apple House and sees Tuptim sitting at a table drinking coffee.
Tuptim: (Putting down her cup and tapping her watch) Hey, Lady, where have you been?
Topsy: (apologetically) Traffic on 81 was terrible -- another truck problem...a jackknifed semi at the first Strasburg exit. Fortunately I wasn't too far from the exit, but it still took twenty minutes to go a quarter of a mile. Sheesh! It seems to happen at least once a week on that highway.
Tuptim: Oh gosh! That's so frustrating.
