"I don't intend to shoot at him but I might succeed in frightening him away if he attempts to reach us here. Haven't you ever seen a trainer work with lions? He carries a silly little pop-gun loaded with blank cartridges. With that and a kitchen chair be subdues the most ferocious of beasts." "But you haven't a kitchen chair," she reminded him. "No," he said, "Government is always muddling things. I have always maintained that airplanes should be equipped with kitchen chairs."