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When I woke, for the first minute I thought I was at home, and I could not conceive what Martha could be doing, that there should be, as far as one could hear, chimney-sweeping, cinder-riddling, furniture-moving, clock-winding, and Spring-cleaning, of the most awful nature, all going on at once, and in a storm of yelling and scolding, which was no part of our domestic ways.
Then he turned to Keenan. "Push that table out into the elevator shaft!" he ordered. The other man did not move. And time was precious; every second was precious! Durkin repeated his command. "Furniture-moving is not my vocation!" answered Keenan, folding his arms. As Durkin sprang forward, there was no mistaking his meaning. "I'll count ten," he said, white-lipped.