``Oh, that's wonderful,'' cried Mrs. Crombie. ``I have a thousand things for you to do. Doors that wonn't open, and doors that wonn't close and shelves and broken.''

``But those are the things I built the workshop for,'' protested Mr. Crombie. ``Those are the things I can do, now that I'm set up.''

``I've been waiting to get these things done for months,'' she said. ``We wonn't live long enough if I wait for you, besides which you don't need to worry -- there'll be plenty more.'' But the discussion was academic. Mr. Blatz was already taking measurements for a shelf above the kitchen sink.