"It was about a couple of notes he wrote," says I.
"Yes?" says Vee. "What happened?"
"They came back," says I, "without being opened."
"Oh," says Vee, "those must have been the ones that——"
"Vee, Vee!" breaks in Peggy from over near the window. "Here comes your aunty."
"Good night, nurse!" says I.
"Tell him it's all right," says Vee hasty. "He might send the next ones in care of Marjorie; then I'll be sure of getting them. By-by, Peggy. Don't squeeze so hard, Jane. No, please don't come out, Torchy. Goodby."
And in another minute I'm left to the mercy of the near-twins once more. I camps down in the easy chair again, with one on each side, and the cross examination proceeds. Say, they're a great pair too.
"Didn't Vee want you to go out 'cause her aunty would see you?" asks Peggy.
"There!" says I. "I wonder?"