"Naturally, I'm not overcome with amazement, as he spoke to Fred about it first. Kenneth always has good manners. Well, and what did you say, Patty?"
Patty eyed Nan, provokingly. "What do you think, Nancy?"
"Honestly, Patty, I haven't the slightest idea. Ken is splendid, I think,—but——"
"But what, Nan?" And Patty looked deeply interested.
"First, what did you say?"
"I won't tell you, until you tell me what you meant by 'but.'"
"Why, I only meant that Kenneth is,—well he's a dear and all that, but he's so——"
"Oh, fiddlesticks, Nan, say it out! Dull, prosaic, old-fogy, poky, slow."
"Patty, Patty! those words are too strong! Ken isn't all those things!
He's only,—just a little bit——"
"Just a day and a half behind the times. Or else I'm a day and a half ahead of them. Well, Nan, that's what I told him."