Helen shook her head at Dick in gentle protest.
"What will Captain and Mrs. Dodd think of us." she said.
"Suppose I should recall one to you all," suggested the captain, with a merry twinkle in his eye.
"Please do," they cried in chorus.
"He heard the angels calling him,
From that celestial shore,
He flapped his wings and away he went,
To make one angel more."
"Splendid," exclaimed Nathalie, with enthusiasm. "Mr. Dudley and Dick are quite in the background."
"Dick saw his in that charming novel 'Comin' thro' the Rye.'"