He's got me worried sick.

You mean, some dark night a crown block might fall on him -

Please don't talk like that.

But that's the idea.

The other day, a casing line snapped and caught the foreman. He's in the hospital with a broken back.

That's bad.

It's got me jittery just thinking about it. Suppose something like that happened to my husband.

It could.

Well, don't you think he ought to have accident insurance?

Hmm, mmm.

What kind of insurance could he have?

Oh, enough to cover doctors and hospital bills, say a hundred and twenty-five a week cash benefit, and you rate around a fifty thousand capital sum.

Capital sum, what's that?

In case he gets killed. Maybe I shouldn't have said that.

I suppose you have to think of everything in your business.

Well, your husband would understand. I'm sure I could sell him on the idea of some accident protection. Why don't you talk to him about it?

You could try, but he's pretty tough going.

Oh, they're all tough at first.