“And so it does, dear—it does——-”

“Not if that long-legged spider that took dinner with us the other night gets in her fine work. I'll bet that she handed me a few when you got home?”

Mary was silent.

“Now didn't she?”

“To the best of her ability—yes—but I didn't mind her silly talk.”

“Gee, but I'd love to give her a bouquet of poison ivy!”

“We had an awful quarrel——”

“And you stood up for me?”

“You know I did!”

“All right, I don't give a tinker's damn what anybody says if you stand by me! In all this world there's just you—for me. There's never been anybody else—and there never will be. I'm that kind.”