Nephew (reassuringly). “Don’t talk like that, aunt. You know you will!”
XIII
“Well, good-bye, Mr. Green. It was so nice of you to come. It does father such a lot of good to have someone to talk to.”
“I was delighted to come, Miss Brown, but I’m afraid I’m not much of a conversationalist.”
“My dear Mr. Green, don’t let that trouble you. Father’s ideal listener is an absolute idiot, with no conversation whatever, and I know he has enjoyed himself tremendously to-night!”
THE SOCIETY VOICE
[A contemporary complains that most people in Society consider it necessary to address one another in shrill, high-pitched voices.]