“Our drains!” chimed in Mrs. Hasluck, who was a homely soul; “well, you'd hardly know there was any in the house since I've took to using it.”
“What are they talking about?” asked Teidelmann, appealing to my mother. “What's he say his wife does?”
“Your disinfectant,” explained my mother; “Mrs. Hasluck swears by it.”
“Who?”
“Mrs. Hasluck.”
“Does she? Delighted to hear it,” grunted the old gentleman, evidently bored.
“Nothing like it for a sick-room,” persisted Hasluck; “might almost call it a scent.”
“Makes one quite anxious to be ill,” remarked my aunt, addressing no one in particular.
“Reminds me of cocoanuts,” continued Hasluck.
Its proprietor appeared not to hear, but Hasluck was determined his flattery should not be lost.