"Grandmother was very polite; she said she thought the U. S. C. could do anything it set out to do, but that there would be countless odds and ends that would occupy us all summer long--"
"Like making a continuous stream of furniture!"
"And going marketing and doing errands."
"And mowing the grass."
"And playing games with the kids."
"O, a thousand things would crop up; we never could be idle; and so she thought we'd better have a responsible woman as housekeeper. What's more she said she'd pay her."
"It wouldn't be polite for me to say about a lady what you said about Mr. Watkins," said James--
"For which I apologize," declared Roger parenthetically.
"--but I'd like to remark that she's one of the most reliable grandmothers I ever had anything to do with!"
They all laughed again.