As it plays "I'm in the Mood for Love",[1] he begins speaking in a gentle, sentimental manner, even giving Fitzgerald a 20% discount because it is a gift.
As he demonstrates the piano by playing a roll for the song "Smiles" from The Passing Show of 1918,[1] the Fortunes' normally solemn butler Marvin begins to grin brightly.
Fitzgerald suspects that the piano makes people reveal their innermost thoughts depending on who inserts the roll and what particular song is played.
Gregory professes a distaste for any emotional involvement, but Fitzgerald plays a roll for "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You).
Marge Moore is the life of the party, enjoying the food and company while making jokes about her heavyset figure.
As the piano plays Debussy's "Clair de lune",[1] Marge goes into a trance, identifying herself as a little girl named Tina who loves to dance ballet.
With further prompting, Marge speaks dreamily about her desire to be a tiny, "perfectly formed" snowflake, melting in the hand of a man who loves her.
Fitzgerald makes his final confession: he treated Esther with coldness and cruelty because he lacks the emotional maturity to receive and reciprocate her love.
Fitzgerald, distraught at being abandoned, feels insulted and throws a tantrum, destroying furniture and decorations in the room.