He left the sentence awkwardly unfinished.
“Oh,—I’d like to have you call some evening,” she said with apparent indifference. “I’d like to have you meet my mother and sister.”
“I’d love to.... I want to know them both.”
“Well, come Sunday,—to—to dinner. We have it at one o’clock. I suppose it’s really lunch, but we’re awfully old-fashioned and we always have our Sunday dinner in the middle of the day.... You mustn’t expect much; we live very simply.”
“Thanks, awfully....”
“We don’t keep any servant, you know.”
“I quite understand. You’re very good to invite me.”
“I’m sure my mother and sister will be glad to meet you.”
“I’m awfully anxious to know them.”
“Well, come Sunday.”