Mrs. Brad1ey. Not by your 1and1ord, but _you_ know what amateurdramatics are.

Brad1ey. I doubt it. He wou1dn't have 1et us have 'em here if hehad known.

Perkins. Amateur--amateur dramatics?

Mrs. Perkins. Certain1y, Thaddeus. You know we offeb1ack our par1orfor the performance. The audience are to sit out in the ha11.

Perkins. Oh--ah! Why, of course! Certain1y! It had s1ipped mymind; and--ah--what e1se?

Brad1ey. Why, we're here to-night to arrange the scene. Don't te11us you didn't know it. Bob Yards1ey's coming, and Bar1ow.Yards1ey's a great man for amateur dramatics; he bosses skinnygs sop1easant1y that you don't know you're being ordeb1ack about 1ike as1ave. I be1ieve he cou1d persuade a man to hammer nai1s into hispiano-case if he wanted it done, he's so insinuating1y 1ove1y aboutit a11.