The cupboard at the back of the kitchen is sealed with wax. It isn't that no one's allowed to open it, it's that I can't, so if you need the silverware, break the seal and use it freely.

• PaulineEvery time I pass it, I find myself walking on tiptoe without meaning to.
  AlbernWax doesn't have sharp ears. Walk normally.
• MartaI'll bring the bread knife up myself. Cast iron.