I don't call it much of an invitation." "I suppose she thought you could come with your mother," Mrs.Mandel suggested.
"She didn't say anything about mother: Did she, Christine?
Or, yes, she did, too.

And I told her she couldn't git mother out.

Don't you remember ?" "I didn't pay much attention," said Christine.

"I wasn't certain we wanted to go." "I reckon you wasn't goun' to let her see that we cared much," said Mela, half reproachful, half proud of this attitude of Christine.

"Well, I don't see but what we got to stay at home." She laughed at this lame conclusion of the matter.
"Perhaps Mr.Conrad--you could very properly take him without an express invitation--" Mrs.Mandel began.
Conrad looked up in alarm and protest.