When Blanche emerges from the bathroom, she can tell by the look on Stella's face that something has happend. Stella attempts to deny it. As Blanche stares fearfully at her, she pretends to be busy at the table. Three-quarters of an hour later. Stanley, Blanche, and Stella sit silently waiting for Mitch who has, apparently, not yet arrived.
Blanche attempts to break the silence with a parrot joke, but no one seems amused.
Stella is still furious at Stanley. She calls him a pig and tells him to clear the table, at which point he begins to hurl plates, cups, and saucers to the floor. Stella begins to cry and Stanley stalks out onto the porch. Again, Blanche asks what happened while she was bathing, but Stella still denies any knowledge of anything out of the ordinary. Blanche is convinced, however, that Stella knows why Mitch has stood her up.