The New House Keeper Didn't Show!

“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men / Gang aft a-gley," wrote Robert Burns in his poem, "To a Mouse."  You can say that again, especially the "Gang aft a-gley" part (which in the olden days meant "go awry").  The house cleaner that Noah arranged to come today, just in time to spruce up the place before Susan comes home, called this morning to say that her sister is sick in the hospital so she cannot come.  

High pitched cheers could be heard arising from the housefly colonies, now spread thickly throughout the living room and rumpus room.