[A silent guest might tell this to show that he had found a way to be of
greatest service at a banquet.]
Mrs. Penfield--"My husband has found a way by which he says I am of the
greatest help to him in his literary work."
Mrs. Hillaire--"How nice that must be for you, my dear! But how are you
able to do it?"
Mrs. Penfield--"As soon as I see him at his desk I go into another room and
keep perfectly quiet until he has finished."