"Oh, have a care of yourself! That might take you far. But I can decide better after eating. Where do we go for that?"
"How would the Ritz do?"
"Music to my ears. Can you get a cocktail there?"
"I think it might be managed, confidentially."
"That'll do nicely for a starter."
"A starter? I see. And for continuance?"
"I'm feeling a little down to-day. What would you prescribe?"
"I've heard that that medicine with bubbles in it possesses a self-raising quality."
"From now on you're my family physician. But I'm sinking rapidly."
He contemplated her curiously. "Believe me, Miss Parmenter, I don't want to spoil sport before it begins, but—how old are you?"