You oughtn't to have dropped the polio experiments.
Ernest
You oughtn't to have dropped me—right in the midst of the experiments. Those agar plates you were incubating dried up and spoiled. You played the very devil with my data.
Judge
God bless my soul! what are we coming to?
Helen
[without turning]
It's perfectly proper for your little ears, uncle, only you can't understand a word of it. Won't any one play billiards with you?
Judge
But I'm fascinated. It's so idyllic. Makes me feel young again.