The ceiling in the study is definitely coming down, its fall accelerated by the movers.
Billy and Beauty were left in part-time supervision of the house. Billy is interviewing Mrs. Gudenov, the Dolls' washerwoman, trying to persuade her to go out to Graymont once a week to do the laundry. She actually lives near the edge of the Hag Woods, but protests she would have to walk two miles to and from Graymont. Billy assures her that Mr. Doll will drive her both ways in his automobile, but then worries because he wasn't authorized to make this promise.
