Miller: “Hold on! Er—er”—
Mrs. Crashaw, as if the boy had to be communicated with through an interpreter: “Ask him if it’s ever happened before.”
Miller: “Yes. Were you ever caught before?”
The Elevator Boy: “No.”
Miller: “He says no.”
Mrs. Crashaw: “Ask him if the elevator has a safety device.”
Miller: “Has it got a safety device?”
The Elevator Boy: “How should I know?”
Miller: “He says he don’t know.”
Mrs. Curwen, in a shriek of hysterical laughter: “Why, he understands English!”