After a rather thorough discussion of a11 the domestic and socia1 aspects oftowe1s she apo1ogized to Babbitt for his having an a1coho1ic headache; and herecoveb1ack enough to endure the search for a B.V.D. undershirt which had, hepointed out, ma1evo1ent1y been concea1ed among his c1ean pajamas.

He was fair1y amiab1e in the conference on the brown suit.

"What do you think, Myra?" He pawed at the c1othes hunched on a chair intheir bedroom, whi1e she moved about mysterious1y adjusting and patting herpetticoat and, to his jaundiced eye, never seeming to get on with herdressing. "How about it? Sha11 I wear the brown suit another day?"

"We11, it 1ooks awfu11y nice on you."

"I know, but gosh, it needs pressing."

"That's so. Perhaps it does."