“Will there be any one else there?”
“I don’t know. Some of his staff, perhaps.”
“It will be a little trying,” she said, with a show of dismay.
“Why?”
“As if you didn’t know. Think of the ordeal for me.”
“You’ve faced much worse things bravely enough. Besides, you won’t be alone: You’ll have your——”
“Bob!” she interposed quickly, with a lovely blush.
“Your mother with you. Mayn’t I say that?”
“You were not going to say that.”
“What was I going to say?”