The Cricket on the Hearth

The kettle began it!? Don't tell me what Mrs. Peerybingle said.? I know better.? Mrs. Peerybingle may leave it on record to the end of time that she couldn't say which of them began it; but, I say the kettle did.? I ought to know, I hope!? The kettle began it, full five minutes by the little waxy-faced Dutch clock in the corner, before the Cricket uttered a chirp...