You two go and amuse yourselves; Gordon and I'll attend to this. (They gently eject the two mothers-in-law.)
GORDON
Come on, now, the good old system! (He takes the small table from center of stage, and puts it carefully midway between sink and dish cabinet. Takes chair from corner, down R, and sets it beside table. Laura sits down on chair and wipes silverware and dishes as he hands them to her after washing.)
LAURA
The silver first, while the water's clean.
GORDON
Right. We make a pretty good team at this, don't we?
LAURA
(holds up a small silver jug)
That darling old cream jug. Mother used that when she was a little girl.