"I know when to come home," said Oliver briefly.
"You'd better ask leave before you go out to supper again."
"If you have no more to say I will bid you good-evening," said Oliver quietly.
"You see what a pleasant brother I have," said Oliver after Roland's departure.
"It's a good thing to have somebody to look after you," said Carrie. "I wish Frank had such a guardian and guide."
"I shall have, when Roland is my brother-in-law," retorted Frank.
"Then you'll have to go without one forever."
"Girls never say what they mean, Oliver."
"Sometimes they do."
Meanwhile Roland was trudging home in no very good humor.