"To-night."
"Very well. Then, no."
The impresario straightened up in his chair.
"Mr. Thayer!" he remonstrated.
"It is impossible for me to bind myself for an entire season, without more time to think the matter over," Thayer said quietly.
"But it is important that I should know, in order to make my other arrangements."
"Then you would better consider it settled in the negative," Thayer returned.
The impresario wavered.
"How much time do you need?" he asked a little impatiently.
"I must have a week."