"Why, I never prevent them, but I'm so afraid it will bore them that I never ask them."
"Oh, how could anybody be bored at anything?"
"But every one hasn't your enthusiasm. My studio is in the top of the Madison Square tower, and I never see a soul from week's end to week's end."
"Oh, then you're not married."
"Dear, no; a man who is wedded to his art mustn't commit bigamy."
"Oh, how clever. So you're a bachelor?"
"Yes, but I have my wife for a chaperon and I'd be delighted to have you come and take tea with us some Saturday from six until three."
"Perfectly delighted!" Her eye now catches sight of an acquaintance just coming in, and as you prepare to leave her you say:—
"Hope you don't mind a little artistic unconventionality. We always have beer at our teas served with sugar and lemons, the Russian fashion."
"Oh, I think it's much better than cream. I adore unconventionality."