"That makes all the difference in the world." "Only a day's difference." "I mean....." "You're going as our guest, you know." "But really, Mr.Middleton, I never....." "Don't be absurd, my boy." "No," said Mr.Blakely Porter, "I won't be absurd.

I shall be more than glad to go as your guest." "That's the way it should be.

Isn't it, Elizabeth!" "I didn't know you owned a private car, Dad." "Pshaw!" said Dad.

"What's a private car ?" I smiled at what I was pleased to term "Dad's magnificence," little thinking I was soon to look on private cars as one of the most delectable of modern inventions..