"A ring."
"A ring?" Jack looked amazed.
Budd nodded.
"For yourself?" Jack questioned further.
"No--for somebody else."
"Do you mean a finger ring?"
Budd nodded again emphatically.
"Engagement?" laughed Jack, at last, the fun getting the better of him.
Budd's mouth puckered into solemnity; "No--wedding."
Jack gave up the packing, and sat down, shaken with laughter, on the first convenient chair.