“I won’t. That’s why not.”
“Do you dislike parties?”
“Yes.”
“Do you hate people?”
“I hate people who feel sorry for me.”
“Do you wish me to go away?”
“Not if you like what you are doing.”
“I’m not doing this because I like doing it,” he answered. “I’m doing it because I was asked.”
“Oh,” she said.
“They felt—I mean, they had this friendly impulse to give you a party. They didn’t know how to get you and asked me to manage it. Now what shall I say to them? Shall I say you hate parties and wish them to mind their own business?”