"You forget I know you," said Dan, smiling again.
"I beg you won't presume upon our former slight acquaintance," said Tom, hastily. "I shall be so busily occupied that I really can't give you any attention."
"Then I must shift for myself, I suppose," said Dan, good-humoredly. "Shall we go down?"
"Go first, if you like," said Tom, superciliously. "I will follow directly."
"He doesn't want to go down with me," thought Dan. "Perhaps I shall surprise him a little;" and he made his way down stairs.
CHAPTER XXVIII. DAN AT THE PARTY.
As Dan entered the parlors he saw the young lady in whose honor the party was given only a few feet distant.
He advanced with perfect ease, and paid his respects.