M. Well, put them on the sofa, then. There’s certainly room enough there.
J. But some one may sit on them there.
M. I guess not.
J. (glancing uneasily around). Hadn’t you better pick up things a little, Mary?
M. (carelessly). Oh, no, just let them lie as they are.
J. But they look so bad. And you know we frequently have callers in the evening.
M. Oh, they don’t look bad. I don’t see but a thing looks as well in one place as another.
J. I never saw your room look like this before, Mary.
M. (apparently surprised). Didn’t you? But I thought we might as well keep things handy. What’s the use of having a house, if you can’t keep things where you want to?
J. Oh, that’s it. So you’re giving an imitation of me, are you?