They're beginning to have them just the way they have
coachmen; and he says it's developing into quite a profession."
"I know that, mother, of course; but I've seen some of these
mechanics, and they're not very satisfactory. For one thing, most of
them only pretend to understand the machinery and they let people
break down a hundred miles from nowhere, so that about all these
fellows are good for is to hunt up a farmer and hire a horse to pull
the automobile. And friends of mine at college that've had a good
deal of experience tell me the mechanics who do understand the engines
have no training at all as servants. They're awful! They say
anything they like, and usually speak to members of the family as
'Say!' No, I believe I'd rather wait for September and a tandem,
mother."
Nevertheless, George sometimes consented to sit in an automobile,
while waiting for September, and he frequently went driving in one of
Eugene's cars with Lucy and her father. He even allowed himself to be
escorted with his mother and Fanny through the growing factory, which
was now, as the foreman of the paint shop informed the visitors,
"turning out a car and a quarter a day.
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