The boys were getting dressed in the boat-house. They were jabbering away a mile a minute. Ted stood up on a bench and called out, “Everybody attention, please!”
“Pull him off!” someone shouted.
“Don’t let him talk!” another added.
“Hear! Hear!” someone else shouted.
When all had finally quieted down, Ted began, “A friend of mine—”
He was interrupted by several voices. One cried, “Who’s she?”
“What’s her name?”
“How do you know she’s a friend of yours?”
“Quiet! Quiet!”
Ted continued. “As I was saying, a friend of mine has arranged a dance as a successful completion of today’s events.”