Mary. I wonder could we both try to get another chance. (Suddenly, with animation.) Uncle!
Daniel. Well?
Mary. Aren't you going to explain that fan bellows thing you've been working at to them when they come in? (Daniel nods sadly.) Well, look. That Scotchman—he understands things like that, and that's just the reason why that nasty woman brought him over. Just to trip you and show you up, and she thinks she'll make father see through you. But just you rise to the occasion and astonish them. Eh, uncle?
Daniel (uneasily). Um—well, I don't know. That Scotchman's rather a dense sort of fellow. Very hard to get on with somehow.
Mary. Now, Uncle Dan, it's our last chance. Let us beat that woman somehow or other.
Daniel. It's all very well, Mary, to talk that way. (Suddenly.) I wonder is there a book on machinery in the house?
Mary. Machinery? Let me think. Yes, I do believe Kate was reading some book yesterday about things, and there was something about machinery in it.
Daniel. For Heaven's sake, Mary, get it.
Mary (calling). Kate! Are you there, Kate? (Kate comes in from inner rooms.) Where's that book you were reading last night, Kate?
Kate (surprised). For dear's sake, Miss! Yon dirty old thing? The one with the big talk between the old fellow and the son about everything in the world you could think of?