“I hope not—By Heaven!”
“But—oh, yes! We have made all preparations.”
“What does that matter! Ten thousand folks here to-day——!”
“Not ten thousand—only five or six. I shall be wild if they can’t come.”
“You want them?”
“We have asked them—and everything is ready—and I do want us to have a party one day.”
“But to-day—damn it all, Lettie!”
“But I did want my party to-day. Don’t you think they’ll come?”
“They won’t if they’ve any sense!”
“You might help me——” she pouted.