“How inconsiderate you are!”

“That’s pretty good—after all I’ve borne this winter.”

“You are insufferable!” cried she.

“Then—why suffer me?” said I coolly.

“If you torture me much further, I won’t,” retorted she.

“I think I’ll clear out to-night,” said I.

“With people coming to dinner to-morrow! A big dinner!”

“Yes—to-night,” said I. “I had forgotten to-morrow’s horrors.”

“If I were free!”

“That’s easy.”