Mary. The spanner?

Brown. The spanner, Miss Mary. It's for turning the nuts like.

Kate. Have you never got it yet?

Brown. Do you think I've got eyes in the back of my head? Underneath the seat, beside the salt-box, on the right near the wee crock in the left hand corner. (He makes a movement to open one of the drawers of the dresser.)

Kate. Will you get out of that, ignorance. It's not there.

Brown (with an appealing look at Mary). Maybe its in the parlour?

Mary. Well, I'll take a look round. (She goes through the door to living rooms.)

Brown (mysteriously). Did you hear the news?

Kate. No. (Very much interested.) What?

Brown. Ach! You women never know anything.