"Isn't that simply grand, Brian ?" "It is pretty 'grand,' all right," he agreed.

"The only trouble is, I must wait so long before the money is due me from the publishers." "That is exactly what I came to talk about," she returned quickly.

"I tried to have it different when I made the arrangements with them, but the terms of payment in the contract are the very best I could get; and so I have planned a little plan whereby you--that is, we--won't need to wait for your freedom until the date of settlement with the publishers." "You have a plan which will do that ?" Brian questioned, doubtfully.
She nodded vigorously, with another Betty Jo smile.

"This is the plan, and you are not to interrupt until I have finished everything: I happen to have some money of my very, very own, which is doing nothing but earning interest--" At the look on Brian's face, she stopped suddenly; but, when he started to speak, she put her hand quickly over his mouth, saying: "You were not to say a single word until I have finished.

Play fair, Brian, dear; please!" When he signified that he would not speak, she continued in her most matter-of-fact and businesslike tone: "There is every reason in the world, Brian, why you should pay off your debt to the bank and to Auntie Sue at the earliest possible moment.