… fat … FLOP!" instead. George reacts violently by breaking a bottle. Nick and Honey become increasingly unsettled and, at the end of the act, Honey runs to the bathroom to vomit, having had too much to drink. Act Two: "Walpurgisnacht" Traditionally, "Walpurgisnacht" is the name of an annual witches' meeting (satiric in the context of the play). Nick and George are sitting outside. As they talk about their wives, Nick says Honey had a "hysterical pregnancy". George tells Nick about a time he went to a gin mill with some boarding school classmates, one of whom had accidentally killed his mother by shooting her. This friend was laughed at for ordering "bergin" (bourbon). The following summer, the friend with "his learner's permit in his pocket" all of a sudden "swerved, to avoid a porcupine", accidentally killing his father who was seating next to him. After that he was committed to an asylum and never spoke again. George and Nick discuss the possibility of having children and eventually argue and insult each other. After they rejoin the women in the house, Martha and Nick dance suggestively. Martha also reveals the truth about George's creative writing escapades: he had tried to publish a novel about a boy who accidentally killed both of his parents (with the implication that the deaths were actually murder), but Martha's father would not let it be published. George responds by attacking Martha, but Nick separates them. George suggests a new game called "Get the Guests". George insults and mocks Honey with an extemporaneous tale of "the Mousie" who "tooted brandy immodestly and spent half her time in the upchuck". Honey realizes that the story is about her and her "hysterical pregnancy". The implication is that she trapped Nick into marrying her because of a false pregnancy. She feels sick and runs to the bathroom again. At the end of this scene, Martha starts to act seductively toward Nick in George's presence. George pretends to react calmly, reading a philosophy of history book. Martha is annoyed at George's apparent indifference to the prospect of her having sex with Nick and threatens him that if he doesn't ask her to stop, she will do it immediately. George is adamant, but as soon as Martha and Nick walk upstairs George throws his book against the chimes, giving the impression someone rang the doorbell. In all productions until 2005, Honey