"Well, why don't you? You've got two whole days."
Suddenly he straightened, and a smile broke over his reddened features, "There's no use being silly about it, I guess. The fact is—I'm broke."
"Oh, is that all. Well, that's easily fixed. Why didn't you say so before?" she said with a smile. "You ought to take lessons from my brother."
"I don't need all this," he stammered, fingering the bill she held out to him.
"It's the smallest I have. But why didn't you tell me?"
"One doesn't like to beg."
"You're hardly consistent, are you?"
"No, I'm too human."
"Will you be human enough to forsake your principles and come to my party?"
"I'd rather not."