“How nice of him!”
“Yes,” admitted Hester, “he was nice and we were having a jolly time when that awful man pounced down upon us, bride cake in hand, and I was actually forced to eat some of it!”
“Poor child! Couldn’t you have intimated that you had tasted it just a few times before?”
JULIE WAS IN BED WHEN HESTER CAME IN THAT NIGHT
“I was tempted to, but out of consideration for Mrs. Lennox I spared him the shock. And then what do you suppose? I got the gold dollar! I would not have bothered to put such a polish on it yesterday if I had known it was coming back to me!”
“Did you throw it out of the window in your best high-tragedy style?”