AT AN AFTERNOON CALL.
"So glad to see you at last. Now don't let me interrupt your talk with Mrs. VEREKER;" i.e., "If I do, I shall be let in for being button-holed."
"Do let me get you some tea—you must be dying for a cup;" i.e., "Know I am."
"So sorry—I fear everything is cold. Do let me have some fresh tea made for you;" i.e., "He can't accept that offer."