Oh, pshaw! Never you mind! I c'n attend to that right off.

[After he has taken off his hat and coat and slipped on wooden shoes he hurries into the house.

EDE

Well, what d'you think o' that?

DR. BOXER

He's a cheerful soul—more so, if possible, than he used to be. It does one good to find a man that way.

EDE

Only that I axed after Leontine, that riled him more'n a little bit all right.

MRS. SCHULZE

[To EDE, watchfully:] Where was the boss so early this mornin'?