I suppose
your wife plays the piano a good deal?
_I (brightly)_. If you mean the detachable steering-wheel, it is only
fair to remember that a part interchangeable between the motor-omnibus
and the steam-roller--
_He_. I don't understand.
_I_. Permit me to reassemble the mechanism.
_He_. You mean that when you put that armchair at the end of the sofa
and the music-stool in front of it--
_I_. I mean that the motor-omnibus driver, sitting as he does in front
of his vehicle and manipulating his steering-wheel like this, can
do little or no harm to the apparatus. On the other hand, the
steam-roller mechanic, standing _inside_ the body of the vehicle, and
having the steering-wheel in _this_ position--
_He_. On the sofa?
_I_. Naturally. Well, supposing he happens to have a slight difference
of opinion with his mate as to which of them ought to do the driving,
the wheel is quite likely to be pushed off on to the macadam, where it
gets a trifle frayed round the edges.
_He_. I see. How awfully stupid of me! And this pouffe, or whatever
they call it?
_I_.
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