"Did you! He never told me anything about it! How do you think you will get on?"
"Oh, splendidly! The work is interesting and full of variety. Moreover, I like the atmosphere of the place, it is so weird. I believe the three of you really are magicians!"
"If that be so," Kelson said, "then we have only acted in accordance with our character in engaging the services of a witch—a witch who has already bewitched one member of the trio. Now please don't go to the expense of lunching out: lunch with me instead. Lunch with me every day."
"It is very kind of you," Lilian Rosenberg replied, "and I will gladly do so when I am not lunching with Mr. Hamar. But he has invited me to have all my meals with him."
"That doesn't mean you are obliged to have them with him every day!" Kelson cried. "Lunch with me this morning."
"I am very sorry," Lilian Rosenberg replied, looking at Kelson with mock pleading eyes, "please don't scold me, but I've really promised Mr. Hamar."
"Have tea with me, then," Kelson said.
"I've promised him that, too."
"Supper then!" Kelson said, savagely.
"I'm awfully sorry, but I'm engaged all this evening, and practically every evening."