"Yes," answered Joe. "That's why I came.
"What business have you got with me?"
"Enough to satisfy you, I think. But there's one thing I don't want to do"—Joe glanced at the open door—"and that is to talk about it here—for your own sake and because I think Miss Tabor should be present. I called to ask you to come to her house at eight o'clock to-night."
"You did!" Martin Pike spoke angrily, but not in the bull bass of yore. "My accounts with her estate are closed," he said harshly. "If she wants anything let her come here."
Joe shook his head. "No. You must be there at eight o'clock."
—Booth Tarkington: The Conquest of Canaan ("Harper's").
B. Notice the conversation in the following narrative. Consider also the incentive moment and the climax. Suggest improvements.
When Widow Perkins saw Widower Parsons coming down the road she looked as mad as a hornet and stepped to the back door.
"William Henry," she called to the lank youth chopping wood, "you've worked hard enough for one day. Come in and rest."
"Guess that's the first time you ever thought I needed a rest since I was born. I'll keep right on chopping till you get through acceptin' old Hull," he replied, whereupon the widow slammed the door and looked twice as mad as before.