"What were you doing when I rang you up?"
"I Wish I could say that I was asleep. But I can't. And if I tell the truth I've got to flatter you. So I refuse to answer."
"You were not waiting up for—"
"Kelly! I refuse to answer! Anyway you didn't keep your word to me."
"How do you mean?"
"You promised to appear in a golden cloud!"
"Something went wrong with the Olympian machinery," he explained, "and I was obliged to take the train…. What are you doing there, anyway?"
"Now?"
"Yes, now."
"Why, I'm sitting at the telephone in my night-dress talking to an exceedingly inquisitive gentleman—"