I was going to rehearse it once more to see if I could get a better idea.

Near as I can see now, everybody takes a crack at him." "Well, maybe." Montague girl seemed to be considering.

"Say, how about this, Jeff?
He's awful hungry, see, and he's begun to eat the celery and everything he can reach, and when the mix-up starts he just eats on and pays no attention to it.

Never even looks up, see what I mean?
The fight spreads the whole length of the table; right around Rollo half-a-dozen murders are going on and he just eats and pays no attention.

And he's still eating when they're all down and out, and don't know a thing till Charlie or someone crowns him with the punch-bowl.