“Go and look for yourself,” said Gypsy.
“I looked first thing this morning,” said Ginger. “Don’t be sulky. It’s your turn.”
Gypsy went outside and came in again, and said rather excitedly, “Squally and showery. What was it this morning when you looked?”
“Set fair,” said Ginger.
“Eureka!” said Gypsy.
“What does that mean?”
“Come and play marbles with the cocoanuts,” said Gypsy, “and I’ll tell you.”
GYPSY AND GINGER KEEP HOUSE
When Gypsy said “Eureka!” he meant that he had found a Way and a Mean in which he and Ginger could work tandem and keep house together. It was really the ideal profession for newly-married couples, for it couldn’t be worked single, or by two men, or two women; it literally involved a house to be kept turn and turn about; and the balance between the Way and the Mean was so exquisitely adjusted, that while Gypsy went one Way, Ginger Meant something else entirely, and vice versa. This was the idea, which before long will probably be adopted by young brides and bridegrooms all over England.