"Very good, madam."
I got some tools out of the tool-box and began to take the pipe down.
"Hadn't you better take your dust-coat off, man?" said Berry.
"No, thank you, sir."
Berry turned to Lord Brethe, who had come to watch the operation. "All this comes through letting my young brother-in-law play about with the car," he explained airily.
"No, really?" said Lord Brethe.
"Yes," said Berry. "He's done more damage, the few times he's driven it, than a skilled chauffeur would do in five years."
"Dear me," said the other. "Knows nothing of the mechanism, I suppose?"
"Doesn't know the difference between the carburettor and the er—exhaust."
Lord Brethe laughed. "Dear, dear. These young men," he said.