STRAWS IN THE HAIR
Follow the knave; and take this drab away.
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE: II Henry VI. II. I.
"The really essential thing," said Peter, executing a sketch on the table-cloth with the handle of his soup-spoon, "is to put in a workable hot-water system and build out a bathroom over the scullery. We can make the furnace-house here, so as to get a straight fall from the cistern there. And that will give us a direct outfall for the bath to the sewer--if I may dignify it by that name. I think there'd be room to make another little bedroom near the bathroom; and when we want more space, we can convert the attics. The electric plant can live in the stable."
Harriet agreed and offered her own contribution:
"Bunter speaks none too kindly of the kitchen range. He says he would designate
