Stone deaf? Why, how on earth would the old man have carried on so
long in this gaping place of a house without tripping over something,
breaking his hip? In fact, how did this old geezer pay for the place?
Must be an inheritance--
"I HEARD YOU LAUGHING! THE BASEMENT, the basement, YOU'RE ALL IN
MY BASEMENT!" He's tromping downstairs! Where to
hide?
You laugh at Barbara while thinking...