"But why not?"
"Because I feel ridiculous enough as it is," she declared, frowning at her costume.
"But I might be able to locate some of our society friends. We're supposed to have friends here, aren't we?"
"I wouldn't dream of appealing to them."
Pete shook his head helplessly.
"Do you expect to sit here for the rest of your life?"
"I don't care. I'm not going to humiliate myself any further. We might meet another man and——"
"But I'll soak him for you. Honest."
"We might meet several."
"It doesn't take you long to collect a crowd, does it?" he said. "You can invent whole armies right out of your head. Be cheerful and take it the other way around; we may not meet anybody at all."