Peggy's usual exquisite taste was overcome by a mysterious lapse which caused her to redo the room as if it were a stage set.
Unable to cope any further, and needing someone to talk to, Roger asks their old, dear friend, Julia, to fly up from New York.
Julia agrees that something strange is going on, especially since everyone who enters the room begins to behave as if they were acting in a play, or even a musical when occasionally someone feels the urge to sing a Cole Porter song.
Julia, affected by the room, suggests Roger call "976-NUTS" and have Peggy put away, which would allow the two of them to have the affair they have never before thought about.
Peggy, following in St. Joan's footsteps at Floyd's urging, decides she must do what she must do and sets out to break the fourth wall in order to connect with her feelings.