"What?"
"I said it would be a jolly affair—considering the situation."
"What is the situation, Jim?" she asked, very pale.
"Oh, what I've made of it, I suppose—a failure!"
"I—I thought we were trying to remake it into a success."
"Can we?"
"We must, Jim."
"How?"
She was silent.
"I'll tell you how we can not make a success out of it," he said hotly, "and that's by doing what we have been doing."