"Oh, I'm glad to see you, too."
Another murmur.
"How do you expect me to show it?"
A murmur.
"Don't be absurd, Ranny." And she added quite audibly: "If you really want proof, I'll give it to you. I was just thinking I needed some one to help me freeze the ice-cream. Give it a turn or two, will you, like a dear?"
It was obvious that the visitor was of a docile nature, for presently the faint regular squeak of an ice-cream freezer was heard. His heart was not wholly in his work, however, for soon he began to complain. Tucker gathered that the freezer was set outside the kitchen door, and that the visitor now had to raise his voice slightly in order to be heard in the kitchen, for both speakers were audible.
"Yes," said the visitor, "that's the way you are. You expect every one to work for you."
"Don't you enjoy working for me, Ranny? You've always said it was the one thing in the world gave you pleasure."
"Humph," returned the other grimly, "I don't know that I am so eager to freeze Crane's ice-cream."
"And Mr. Tucker's, don't forget him."