"I shall be delighted," said John sincerely. "At what time?"
"Any time you like," she said; "but the Bensons will probably get there about half-past eight or nine o'clock."
"Thank you very much, and I shall be delighted," he repeated.
Miss Clara looked at him for a moment with a hesitating air.
"There is another thing," she said.
"Yes?"
"Yes," she replied, "I may as well tell you that you will surely be asked to sing. Quite a good many people who have heard you in the quartette in church are anxious to hear you sing alone, Mrs. Benson among them."
John's face fell a little.
"You do sing other than church music, do you not?" she asked.
"Yes," he admitted, "I know some other music."