Dorothy befriends local author Barbara Thorndyke, who treats Rose and Blanche condescendingly.
Trope:
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Barbara Thorndyke, who acts snooty and condescending to Blanche and Rose for being "inferior" to her. Dorothy even agrees... until Barbara reveals that she belongs to a private club that refuses Jewish people as members. That prompts Dorothy to tell Barbara to "go to Hell" and kick her out of the house.
- Discriminate and Switch: Dorothy befriends vain authoress Barbara Thorndyke, whom the others dislike intensely. To bury the hatchet, she invites the four girls and their dates to a high-class establishment named the Mortimer Club; however, when Sophia's date, a Jewish man, arrives, Barbara takes Dorothy aside and explains that they'll have to go somewhere else because the Mortimer Club doesn't allow Jewish people. The fact that Barbara would support an establishment that has such a policy enrages Dorothy to the point where she calmly tells the prejudiced Barbara to "go to Hell," terminating their friendship.
- Genius Book Club: Dorothy and Barbara go to a literature-themed restaurant where the menu (which is a full-sized, hard-bound book,) is full of puns, "The Crepes of Wrath," "The Old Man and the Seafood Salad," etc. Dorothy has the "For Whom the Stuffed Bell Pepper Tolls," and Barbara has a turkey sandwich on "Catcher in the Rye Bread" with a side of "George Bernard Slaw" and is given "Edgar Allen Poe-tatoes" and The Ice Water Cometh on the house.
