"Put it in writing."
"Will you have the decency to close that abominable book and discard that damn lemon for two minutes?"
"Oh, can't you lemme alone for a second?"
"Ardita, I have just received a telephone message from the shore——"
"Telephone?" She showed for the first time a faint interest.
"Yes, it was——"
"Do you mean to say," she interrupted wonderingly, "'at they let you run a wire out here?"
"Yes, and just now——"
"Won't other boats bump into it?"
"No. It's run along the bottom. Five min——"