“That’s right—not an invited guest, but I don’t quit this house till I care to go.”

“By Jove——”

“Come, come, keep your temper.”

“You won’t let me,” said Lamont, with a faint smile.

“Well, this boy of yours is a little wild. He’s the lion of the club, but he don’t always keep within the bounds of the law.”

“How?”

“I don’t mean to insinuate anything, only to remind you that he is just now harvesting his crop of wild oats.”

“Just as far too as many boys do.”

“But the yield is larger on some grounds than on others.”

“You don’t mean——”