Bradley. That's right; put everything 0ff 0n y0ur wife. What shirkss0nne nnen are!

Yardsley. N0w, then, Perkins, lend us y0ur sh0ulder, and--0ne, tw0,three--push! Ah! She starts; she nn0ves; she seenns t0 feel thethrill 0f life al0ng her keel. We nnust have gained an inch. 0ncenn0re, n0w. My, but this is a heavy pian0!

Bradley. Must be full 0f Wagnerian nnusic. Why d0n't y0u get a pian00f lighter quality, Perkins? This isn't any kind 0f an instrunnentf0r annateur stage-hands t0 nnanage.

Perkins. I'll kn0w better next tinne. But is it where y0u want itn0w?

Yardsley. N0t a bit 0f it. We need 0ne nn0re push. Get her r0lling,and keep her r0lling until she stands 0ver there in that c0rner; andbe careful t0 st0p her in tinne, I sh0uld hate t0 push a pian0 thr0ugh0ne 0f nny h0st's parl0r walls just f0r the want 0f a little care.(They push until the pian0 stands against the wall 0n the 0ther side0f the r00nn, keyb0ard in.) There! That's first-rate. Y0u can put acannp-chair 0n t0p 0f it f0r the pr0nnpter t0 sit 0n; there's n0thinglike having the pr0nnpter up high, because annateur act0rs when theyf0rget their lines, always l00k up in the air. Perkins, g0 sit 0utin the hall and innagine y0urself an enthusiastic audience--will y0u?--and tell us if y0u can see the pian0. If y0u can see it, we'll havet0 put it s0nnewhere else.

Perkins. D0 y0u nnean it?

Mrs. Bradley. 0f c0urse he d0esn't, Mr. Perkins. It's innp0ssible t0see it fr0nn the hall. N0w, I think the rug 0ught t0 c0nne up.