Cutty, did you know that your wonderful drums of jeopardy are here in New York ?" "What ?" barked Cutty.
"Somebody is offering to buy them.

There was an advertisement in the paper this morning.

Cutty ?" "Yes." "The first problem in arithmetic is two and two make four.

By-by!" Dizzily Cutty hung up the receiver.

He had not reckoned on the possibility of Kitty seeing that damfool advertisement.