“I’d rather not,” said Jack Herring.
“Nonsense,” said the Babe.
“You must excuse me,” insisted Jack Herring. “I don’t mean it rudely, but really I’d rather not see her.”
“But here she is,” said the Babe, taking at that moment the card from old Goslin’s hand. “She will think it so strange.”
“I’d really rather not,” repeated poor Jack.
“It seems discourteous,” suggested Somerville.
“You go,” suggested Jack.
“She doesn’t want to see me,” explained Somerville.
“Yes she does,” corrected him the Babe.
“I’d forgotten, she wants to see you both.”