Scene 2

Blanche comes out from the bathroom and tries to harmlessly flirt with Stanley, ignoring the clear violation of her trunk. After a few attempts at using her usual techniques, though, Blanche realizes that Stanley cannot be charmed. She switches tacks to play by his rules, and talks plainly about the loss of Belle Reve. The lawyers' papers indicate that the place was lost on a mortgage, after many generations of family mismanagement had already whittled the estate down to nothing. Still suspicious, Stanley takes the papers and declares that he will show them to a lawyer friend, but for now he is placated.