Kingman laughed nastily and began to fiddle with the scanning-rate controls on his duplicator.
Arden came running into her husband's office breathlessly. She was waving a sheet of paper and there was mingled anger and pleasure on her face as she shoved the paper under Don's eyes and waggled it. "Look!" she commanded.
"Stop fanning me with that," said Channing, "and let me see it if it's so all-fired important."
"I'll murder 'em in cold blood," swore Arden.
Channing pried his wife's fingers apart and took the paper. He read—and his eyes bulged with amused concern—
"Dear Characters:
When we were giving Venus Equilateral's advantages the up and down a coupla years ago after the sudden and warranted departure of Director Francis Burbank, we forgot one important item—a justice of the peace.
So Christine and I are eloping in a time-honored fashion.
Neither of us have any desire to get wedded in the midst of a Roman Holiday even though it does deprive a lot of guys the right to kiss the bride.