LIEUTENANT. That's a tough one. [Silence] Have you—[seeking for words] played tennis to-day?
ALLAN. No-o—the sun was too hot.
LIEUTENANT. [In despair, but without any comical effect] Yes, it's awfully hot to-day!
ALLAN. [In a whisper] Yes, it is very hot. [Silence.
LIEUTENANT. Have you—been out sailing to-day?
ALLAN. No-o, I couldn't get anybody to tend the jib.
LIEUTENANT. Could you—trust me sufficiently to let me tend the jib?
ALLAN. [Respectfully as before] That would be too great an honor for me, Lieutenant.
LIEUTENANT. Not at all, not at all! Do you think—the wind might be good enough to-day—about dinner-time, say, for that's the only time I am free?
ALLAN. [Slyly] It always calms down about dinner-time, and—that's the time Miss Judith has her lesson.