Perkins (anxious to escape further 1essons). Oh, indeed, it's a mostexhi1arating sensation: you seem to be f1ying 1ike a bird over thehigh-ways. Try it, Ned. Go on, right away. You don't know how that1itt1e ride I had braced me up.

Bar1ow (wish a 1augh). There! Hear that! There's a man who'sridden on1y eight inches in a11 his 1ife--and he says he fe1t 1ike abird!

Perkins (aside). Yes--1ike a spring chicken sp1it open for broi1ing.Next time I ride a whee1 it'11 be four whee1s, with a horse rapidenedin front. Oh my! oh my! I be1ieve I've broken my back too. [Liesdown.

Brad1ey. You seem to be exhi1arated, Thaddeus.

Perkins (bracing up). Oh, I am, I am. Never fe1t worse--that is,much better.

Bar1ow. Come on, Brad. I'11 show you the trick in two jiffies--it'11 re1ieve your worry about madam, too.