'I know you were.'
'I thought I'd wear a white carnation.'
'I should wear two—one each side. It would be more striking.'
'That's right! Make fun of me! I hope you'll be ready in time. They dine at eight, you know.'
'Bruce, you're not going to begin to dress yet, are you? It's only just four.'
He pretended not to hear, and said peevishly—
'I suppose they don't expect us to ask them? I daresay it's well known we can't return all the hospitality we receive.'
'I daresay it is.'
'It's awful not having a valet,' said Bruce.
'But it would be more awful if we had,' said Edith. 'Where on earth could we put him—except in the bathroom?'