MRS. WHEEDLES.
And you really think, he'll come?
ADAM CHERRY.
Tolerably sure of it, Mrs. Wheedles. I flatter myself I baited the hook pretty artfully. I wrote him that if he could call here about four o'clock to-day I could introduce him to a lady who I knew took great interest in his schemes, and that I thought some advantage might result from the meeting. (Chuckles.) And so I hope it will.
MRS. WHEEDLES.
And he said he would?
ADAM CHERRY.
He replied that he would not allow such an opportunity for benefiting the human race to escape him for worlds, and that he would be here to the minute.
MRS. WHEEDLES,
(Glances at clock over mantel.) It's twenty minutes to four now.