MISTRESS—"Now, Ada, I want you to show us what you can do tonight. We have a few very special friends coming for a musical evening."
COOK—"Well, mum, I 'aven't done any singin' to speak of for years, but as you insists upon it you can put me down for 'The 'Oly City'!"
NEW MISTRESS—"How about the afternoon off?"
NORAH—"Sure, mum, take wan—I'm willin'."
MISTRESS (to newly installed cook)—"Matthews! What does this mean? How did this policeman get here?"
COOK (equal to the occasion)—"Dunno, mum. 'E must 'ave bin left over by the last cook."
"I hope you are habitually truthful, Norah."