"Not to-day; it's too late, as you see."
"You must."
"I have eaten a third of my dinner already."
"That won't make any difference."
"I am very much afraid it will."
"I have two noblemen to dine with me, one a literary man."
"What do I care?"
"From Poland—Cracow—a baron—a scholar!"
"Well, what of it? that's no reason why I shouldn't eat my dinner."
"I want you to have the honor of dining with them."