The stove had been disturbed on its legs, and now leaned idiotically to one side.

A pail had been upset and water spread in all directions.
The door opened and Pete appeared.

He shrugged his shoulders.

"Oh, Gawd," he observed.
He walked over to Maggie and whispered in her ear.

"Ah, what deh hell, Mag?
Come ahn and we'll have a hell of a time." The mother in the corner upreared her head and shook her tangled locks.
"Teh hell wid him and you," she said, glowering at her daughter in the gloom.