Do they work at night?
MISS PERKINS
I’ve always understood that Rothschilds and people like that did this business at parties—on the quiet.
MR PERKINS
Bosh!
MISS PERKINS
Oh, very well, Pa.
[Miss Perkins settles to her puzzle. Mrs Perkins darns stolidly. Mr Perkins returns to the paper. A short pause.
MRS PERKINS