By Virginia Avenue standards it is quite late at night as our scene opens now, at almost 11:45pm. In the living room of the small house half way up the next block, we find Mr Victor Gook and Mr Rush Gook. Rush, who is clad in pyjamas and bathrobe, occupies his father's easy chair. He seems uneasy. Vic who has just arrived home from a meeting, removes his hat and contemplates his son with disapproval...