"How did you guess?" began Desire, and then she dimpled. "Oh, of course,—Benis wasn't in church."
"How did he know that?" asked Benis sharply. "He wasn't there, was he?"
The doctor looked conscious. Desire laughed. "His presence did seem to create a mild sensation," she admitted.
"Well, you see," he explained, "in the summer I am often very busy—"
"In the cellar," murmured Benis.
"But no one happened to need me today and, besides, my freezer is broken. This, combined with—"
"An added attraction," sotto voce from the professor.
"Oh, well—I went, anyway."
"I saw you there," said Desire, ignoring their banter. "I thought you might have gone for the sermon. The subject was one of your specialties, wasn't it?"
The doctor twirled his hat.