In this short scene, we are introduced to the protagonist, Shmoop. He is a young man who has just graduated from college. He has fallen in love with a woman named Selia, whom he has just met at a party. He tells Selia that he loves her and that he will miss her very much. He also tells her that he has found a job for her, but she is not yet ready to accept it. He asks Selia if she would like him to marry her, and she tells him that she would, but that she does not want to marry someone who is not her own husband. Shmiliarly, Selia says that she will accept him if he will marry her. She then asks him to tell her what he is doing during the party, and he says that he does not know what to do, but he will go home if Selia is angry. Shmoliarly asks where Selia has gone, and Shmira replies that she has not yet left.