Still, one likes to inspect everything one is to wear, especially when one is expecting a guest to dinner.

"Then," said Dad, "I think I'll order dinner, and go for a walk, shall we have dinner here ?" "Oh, by all means! This is so much more homelike than a public dining room." "I'll not be gone more than an hour or two...

Hullo! Come in." A small boy entered, carrying a box quite as big as himself.

"For Miss Middleton," he said.
"Another present from you, Dad ?" "Open it, my dear." "I thought so," he remarked, as the removal of the cover displayed more American Beauties.

(There were five dozen;) I counted them after Dad had gone.