“Are they any good?”

“They’re a little difficult to understand. She leaves out so many verbs and nouns–––”

“I know. It’s a part of her disease–––”

“Jim, please be careful. She is taken seriously–––”

“Taken seriously ill? There, dear, I won’t guy your guests. What an absolutely deathly face she has!”

“She is considered beautiful.”

“She has the profile of an Egyptian. She’s as dead-white as an Egyptian leper–––”

“Hush!”

“Hush it is, sweetness! Who’s the good-looking chap over by Ilse?”

“Stanley Wardner.”