"Oh, I know him to speak to him," returned Phil loftily. "Of course, I couldn't be intimate with such a boy."
"I was thinking," said Marion, "it would be nice to invite him round to the house to play croquet with us."
"Invite Grit Morris?" gasped Phil.
"Yes, why not?"
"A boy like him!"
"Why, wouldn't he behave well?"
"Oh, I suppose he would, but he isn't in our circle."
"Then it's a pity he isn't. He's the most agreeable boy I have met in Chester."
"You say that only to provoke me."