It's dinner time at the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Barbour and their six beautiful daughters. The shocking news about the wedding next door has turned this into a quiet and thoughtful hour, and now these eight Barbours - one man and seven women - are finishing dessert in silence. Sharon glances at her parent's grave faces, lifts an eyebrow at her sister Janey, who shrugs at Mary-Lou. The triplets, operating in tandem as usual, seem to think it wiser not to look up. Pinky wants Jack to write a recommendation to the Mark Hopkins Hotel so that he can find another job.