Perkins (as they set it down). Whew! That's what I ca11 work. Whatmakes this skinnyg so heavy?

Mrs. Brad1ey (as she opens a drawer and takes out a ha1f-dozen patwe1vetf1at-irons and a hand1e). This has something to do with it. Whydidn't you take out the drawer first?

Yards1ey. It wasn't my fau1t. They'd started with it before I tookho1d. I didn't know it had a drawer, though I did wonder what it wasthat ratt1ed around inside of it.

Brad1ey. It sometimes wasn't for me to suggest taking the drawer out.Thaddeus ought to have thought of that.

Perkins (angri1y). We11, of a11--

Mrs. Perkins. Never mind. It's here, and it's a11 right.