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СЦЕНКА 13

 

A LEAK IN THE TANK

 

Mr. Dickson: Excuse me, but is this number 37 Laburnum¹ Avenue?

Maggie: Yes, that's right². What a good thing³ you've come so quickly. I have to keep on emptying the bowl⁴ under the leak and I'm quite exhausted.

Mr. Dickson: Er... are you Mrs. Brown?

Maggie: Yes, of course. But haven't you got your tools with you? Never mind, you'll find my husband's tool-kit upstairs. Come along with me. The tank is up in the attic.

Mr. Dickson: Are you having some trouble with your tank?

Maggie: Yes, didn't I explain over the telephone⁵? It's sprung a leak⁶. We should have had it re-lined⁷ last year, when we first moved in⁸.

Mr. Dickson: Have you turned the water off at the main⁹?

Maggie: Yes, but the storage tank¹⁰ in the attic holds forty gallons¹¹.

Mr. Dickson: Well, I'll see what I can do.

Maggie: And, please, hurry up¹² if you can. We're having some people to supper this evening and I can't do a thing¹³ without water.

Mr. Dickson: I'll do my best¹⁴.

(enter Jim)

Jim: Hallo, Maggie! Have our visitors arrived yet?

Maggie: No, luckily they haven't. The tank in the attic's sprung a leak, Jim. I rang the local builder's¹⁵ and had them send a plumber round. Luckily he came right away. He's having a look at it¹⁶ now.

Jim: We should have had the tank mended last year. Now we'll probably have to spend twice as much¹⁷.

Maggie: Yes, but we hadn't got the money then.

Jim: We must have all the water pipes seen to¹⁸ this year, so that they don't freeze up again if it's a cold winter.

Maggie: While we're about it¹⁹, we might as well have a new tank installed²⁰. It probably won't cost much more than having the old one re-lined.

Jim: Well, it's worth keeping in mind²¹.

Maggie: There's a drop of water left in the kettle, Jim, sо you can have a cup of tea if you like. Go and take a cup to the plumber as well. Oh, here he is already.

Jim: Good heavens, Dickson, are you the plumber?

Mr. Dickson: Well, it seems your wife thought so.

Jim: Maggie, you featherbrained creature²²! This is Mr. Dickson, our new science master²³. I asked him to come to supper this evening and meet the Greens.

Maggie: Well, you should have told me²⁴. I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Dickson. What will you think of me! But why didn't you tell me you weren't the plumber?

Mr. Dickson: You didn't give me a chance²⁵, you know, Mrs. Brown. But please don't worry. I've stopped up the leak²⁶ in the tank for the time being²⁷. You can have it fixed²⁸ properly tomorrow.