- The absence of Helen makes Frank more and more curious about her. He wants to get to know her.
- How did the line go in Robin Hood? Absence makes the heart grow fonder?
- Seeing an opportunity, Frank grabs a smoke outside as Helen approaches. They don't exchange any words.
- His other attempts to meet her don't work well either.
- He hatches a plan to fake a phone call for Helen. Such a romantic!
- He doesn't like this deception, but feels he has no choice if he wants to talk to her.
- He tells Ida that Helen has a phone call.
- Helen suspects it's Nat.
- There's no one on the line.
- Frank says it was some girl.
- Helen looks disappointed and Frank feels guilty. Maybe if he weren't so deceitful he wouldn't have to deal with all this pesky guilt that keeps troubling him.
- After returning upstairs, Helen is troubled. She's been overly conscious of Frank's presence and irritated at her mother for keeping her away from him.