GEORGE: Mr. Webb, how ( ) were you when you got married?
MR. WEBB: Well, you see: I'd been to ( ) and I'd ( ) a little time to get ( ). But Mrs. Webb—she wasn't ( ) older than what Emily is. Oh, age hasn't got a lot to do ( ) it, George,—( ) with... uh... other things.
GEORGE: What were you going to say, Mr. Webb?
MR.WEBB: Oh, I don't know.—Was I going to say something?
You know, George, I was remembering the ( ) night... the advice my father gave me when I got married. Yes, he said, Charles, he said, ( ) right off showing who's boss. Best thing to do is to give an ( ) about something, even if it don't make sense; just so she'll learn to obey. And then he said: if anything about her ( ) you—her conversation, or anything—just get up and ( ) the house. That'll make it ( ) to her. And, oh, yes! he said, never let your wife know how much ( ) you have, never.
GEORGE: Well, I couldn't exactly...
MR. WEBB: So I took the ( ) of his advice and I’ve been happy ever since. So let that be a ( ) to you, George, never to ask advice of anybody on personal ( ).—George, are you going to ( ) chickens on your farm?
GEORGE: What?
MR. WEBB: Are you raising chickens on your ( )?
GEORGE: Yes. Uncle Luke's never gone in for ( ) much but I've been thinking about...
MR. WEBB: A book came into my ( ) on the Philo System of raising chickens. I wish you read it. I'm thinking of beginning myself in a ( ) way in the back yard, and I'm going to put an ( ) in the cellar—
MRS. WEBB: Charles, are you talking about that incubator ( )? I thought that two of you be talking about things ( ) while.
MR. WEBB: Well, Myrtle, if you want to give the boy some good ( ), I'll go upstairs.
MRS. WEBB: George, Emily has to come down and ( ) her breakfast. She
( ) her love but she doesn't want to lay ( ) on you. So good-by.
GEORGE: Good-by.