"Oats, peas, beans, and barley grows,
You, nor he, nor nobody knows!"
she laughed. "It's going to be the most amusing moment of my life when I spring it on the two of you."
"When is that to be?"
"Curiosity is death to mathematicians," she warned him, nor could he extract another word from behind the hand she held over her laughing mouth.
XX
"Appointment at three o'clock, Tuesday afternoon," announced Strong's wire on Monday morning.
"Hurray!" shouted Bambi, rushing into the kitchen to break the news to Ardelia, since the Professor was not there.
"Noo Yawk, bress yo'! Ain't dat fine? Yo' gwine see Mistah Jarvis?"
"Of course I'll see him."