"Are all the members' lives so full of secrets?" she asked, and she made the word "secrets" sound very sly.
Fortunately at that moment the doorbell rang, and Lita and Dacer entered.
"Where have you been?" asked her father angrily.
"Dining with Doctor Dacer," answered Lita. "He and I are engaged."
"Nonsense!" said Mrs. Hazlitt.
"My daughter is not old enough to know her own mind," said Hazlitt to Dacer.
"I know it all right," said Lita.
"Of course," said Dacer temperately, "we understand that we could not be married for some time, but we wanted you to know—"
"Oh, that's what young people always say to begin with," Mrs. Hazlitt answered; "but the first thing you know they are sending out their wedding invitations."