CANDIDA: Did they really like the picture?
BITOY: No—I don’t think so.
CANDIDA: Which is just what we thought. Nobody ever likes the picture.
BITOY (gazing towards PORTRAIT): I do.
PAULA: But you are an old friend. Other people are not so kind. They say that picture is beautiful but they do not find it enchanting.
BITOY: Why should they? Art is not magic. Its purpose is not to enchant—but to disenchant!
PAULA: Jesus!
CANDIDA: How impressive you sound!
BITOY: May I come again?
PAULA (smiling): Do you enjoy being disenchanted?
BITOY: No—but I need to be.
CANDIDA: Come whenever you like, Bitoy. We are always at home.
BITOY: Thank you—and goodbye till then.
CANDIDA AND PAULA: Goodbye, Bitoy.
(Exit Bitoy. Paula and Candida leave stairway and begin moving back the chairs and table
