Nate should have been tipped off by Mrs. Godfrey’s “new” glove and her asking him to soften it. That means she had previous ones and that she knew they work better when loosened up.
When I was visiting my friend’s house, I took the ring off an iced tea bottle I was drinking and offered it to a cat that was sitting on my lap. She looked at me with a “What am I supposed to do with this?” look. Maybe she didn’t like Snapple.
The cat’s onto something…