"I can't fill it."

"You can fill fifteen minutes."

"Oh, if you're going to confound time and space…!"

He sat down receptively.

Medora rang a bell and harried Helga a little.

She glanced at Randolph. He sat there as if less to fill than to be filled.

"Say something," she said.

"Are you going to the convocation?"

"No."

He sat silent.