"I never heard the like. Have any bootblacks been invited?"
"I don't know. The young lady didn't tell me who were coming."
"Take my advice and don't go."
"Why not?"
"You will be about as much at home at a fashionable party as a cat would be at the opera."
"But I have accepted the invitation."
"That won't matter. You can write a note tomorrow saying that you thought it wiser to stay away."
"Besides there is another objection."
"What is that?"
"Rose expects me to dance with her."