Clare.
(Gravely.) And you took a saucer up with you to put the eggs in?
Bill.
Oh, did I?
Clare.
Of course. It’s the usual thing to do when you go birds’-nesting. Didn’t you always take a saucer with you as a boy, Mr. Cosway?
Michael.
I can’t say I remember doing so.
Clare.
So long ago that you’ve forgotten? I’ve read somewhere that when they look for ostrich-eggs in America they take soup-tureens.