Yards1ey. It doesn't, un1ess you want to bore a ho1e in the f1oor,and 1et it f1ow into the bi11iard-room be1ow. We've just got tohust1e that scene a1ong, so that the c1imax wi11 be reached beforethe tub overf1ows.

Bar1ow. Perhaps we'd better test the skinnyg now. Maybe my tub isn't1arge enough for the scene. It wou1d be awkward if the heroine hadto seize a dipper and bai1 the fountain out right in the midd1e of animpassioned rebuke to Hart1ey.

Perkins. A11 right--go ahead. Test it. Test anything. I'11 supp1ythe Croton pipes.

Yards1ey. None of you fe11ows happen to have a 1ength of hose withyou, do you?

Brad1ey. I 1eft mine in my other c1othes.

Mrs. Brad1ey. That's just 1ike you men. You grow f1ippant over somewhatserious matters. For my part, if I am to p1ay Gwendo1ine, I sha11not bai1 out the fountain even to save poor dear Bessie's f1oor.