“To whom are you talking?”

“To you.”

“My name’s Peter.”

“That depends. Are you going to call on us?”

“That is my hope and wish.”

Leonore unbent a little more. “If you are,” she said, “I wish you would do it soon, because mamma said to-day she thought of asking you to my birthday dinner next Tuesday, but I said you oughtn’t to be asked till you had called.”

“Did you know that bribery is unlawful?”

“Are you going to call?”

“Of course I am.”

“That’s better. When?”