It is in Scene Five that Tom finally announces to Amanda
that he has done what she asked him to do, and invited one of his work colleagues round
to his home. This, of course, sends Amanda into a flurry of excitement and anticipation
as she begins to interrogate Tom about Jim and who he is, his position, his salary and
his background. This in turn makes Tom annoyed at having even asked him in the first
place, and he shows great irony in some of his responses to Amanda. He does admit that
he did not mention Laura to Jim:
One little warning. He doesn't know about Laura.
I didn't let on that we had dark ulterior motives. I just said, why don't you come nad
have dinner with us? He said okay and that was the whole
conversation.
Notice his
sarcasm in "dark ulterior motives." Tom thus has complied with his mother's wishes, but
his concern for Laura shows that he perhaps did this grudgingly and without really
believing that this might be best for Laura.
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