Emma hoes to the restroom and checks her face in the mirror. Mrs. Bollenbecker approaches 

and recognizes Emma from the cake tasting. She decides to strike up a conversation.

MRS. BOLLENBECKER: No sooner do we leave then, bang, I see your picture big on a bus.

EMMA: Oh! From the cake tasting!

MRS. BOLLENBECKER: I felt so foolish, I went and bough your book immediately.

EMMA: Oh, that¡¯s unnecessary.

MRS. BOLLENBECKER: And later I was reading your very sensible observations and your

                            clinical judgments, and¡¦

As Emma is putting on makeup, she turns sharply, as if doubtful about her own advice, to

check Mrs. Bollenbecker¡¯s opinion. Mrs. Bollenbecker insinuates that the book and Emma¡¯s

relationship to Patrick are contradictory.

EMMA: (interrupting) Aren¡¯t they good things?

MRS. BOLLENBECKER: Well, I¡¯m sure some people find them very useful, but I was surprised

                            that a helpless romantic can give such practical advice.