"Me? I should say not. My folks are awful particular."
"Well, you have considerable dramatic ability. There was a ring of sincerity in that drivel you just recited which would have convinced most men. I think I could use you in a little drama which I have been planning. I'll make a bargain with you. I have no wish to send you to prison."
"Spoken like a man."
"I ought to, of course."
"Yes, but it's a lot better fun doing things that you oughtn't, isn't it?"
"Well, the point is, I have a friend who is in a difficulty, and it occurs to me that you can get him out."
"Always glad to oblige."
"My friend is going to be married to-day, and he has just heard that a previous fiancée of his, whom in the excitement inseparable from falling in love with the girl who is to be his bride he had unfortunately overlooked, is on her way here."
"To make trouble?"
"Precisely."