Yvonne Hearne

An apartment handyman is unusually attached to a pair of boilers he names "Mavis" and "Ethel."

Mr Pastry's social climbing daughter, president of a society for the rehabilitation for ex-convicts, hides the fact that her father is himself a prisoner. When he is released and arrives at her home, she panics and locks him in the attic until a job can be found for him, preferably abroad!