Give here! (She takes all the fragments together and puts them under the sofa cushion. She looks round the room, listens at the window and returns to her darning.) If anyone comes, mind we know nothin’ about it.

MR PERKINS

It depends ’oo comes, doesn’t it?

MRS PERKINS

No.

MR PERKINS

It might be the police.

MRS PERKINS

Never mind the police.

MR PERKINS