"Jule thought of it," he replied, with evident pride. "She's more up on etiquette than I am."
"If it's proper for husband and wife to have their names engraved on the same card," Madame went on, "it must be all right for twins."
"It's more proper," Romeo returned, "because nobody is so much related as twins are. Husband and wife are only relatives by marriage."
Colonel Kent laughed appreciatively. "Good! May I have some of Miss
Isabel's candy?"
Isabel, convulsed with secret mirth, informally passed the pan, and only
Romeo refused. "I can have 'em any time," he said, generously. "Doesn't
Jule make dandy fudges, though?"
Everybody agreed that she did. Madame Francesca expressed something more than conventional regret that Juliet had not been able to come. "She was asleep," Romeo explained, with studied indifference.
"After she wakes," suggested Colonel Kent, "we'd like very much to have you both come to our house to dinner."
"Thank you," replied Romeo, somewhat stiffly. "We'd be very much pleased." Then to himself, he added: "That was a lie, but it wasn't to Jule, so it doesn't matter."
Rose made friendly inquiries about the dogs and told Allison that Romeo was said to have the finest collection of fishing tackle in the State. Much gratified, Romeo invited Allison to go fishing with him as soon as the season opened, and, as an afterthought, politely included the Colonel.
"I've never been fishing," remarked Isabel, as she could think of nothing else to say.