Kitty. She is economical too. She can make an omelet for ten people with two eggs and a bicycle pump.
Lucille. I smell lamb chops.
Betty. Yes the girls are broiling them in the cornpopper.
Miss Pickett. How resourceful.
Hope. (outside.) Mercy there’s a spider on the custard. Pick it out Ruth, I’m busy, for there are a dozen ants in the sugar bowl.
Miss Pickett. How dreadful.
Hope. (outside.) Oh my nice cream cake. A toad jumped right in the middle of the meringue. I’ll smooth it over, it will never show.
Miss Pickett. How terrible.
Betty. Don’t worry, Aunt Jane, the girls are only teasing.