"If you once begin, there'll be no end to it," Bobby warned Thayer, when he announced his intention of singing for the Fresh Air Fund.
"I never yet found anything I couldn't end, when I tried," Thayer returned coolly.
Bobby eyed him askance.
"Ever tackled Mrs. Lloyd Avalons's idiocy?" he queried.
"She is not the only one."
"No; worse luck! But what makes you do it?"
"I approve the charity, and I happened to have a free night. Moreover, it will give Arlt a chance to accompany."
"But she won't pay him."
"No, but I generally manage to pay my own accompanist."
"Do you think he will gain from such a thing?"