Then Potts slammed the door and went out, and I left. I don't know whether Bradley got the stakes or not.
AT FIVE O'CLOCK TEA
BY MORRIS WADE
"So good of you to come!"
"Ah, thanks."
"So good of you to come!"
"As if I could get along without you! The obligation is all on my side."
"How sweet of you to say so!"
"Now I want you to meet Mrs. Slambang. Mrs. Slambang, let me present to you my deah friend, Mrs. Twiddle-twaddle."
"So glad to know you, Mrs. Slambang! I have so often heard deah Mrs. Sweet speak of you that I feel quite as if I knew you. Beautiful day, isn't it?"