"That pays me up to next Tuesday, May second, at two o'clock.

This is two o'clock, Thursday.

I have twenty-four working hours to loaf." "Lazy!" she bantered him.

"That isn't loafing time; it's only a safety margin." Her eagerness about it pleased Johnny very much.

When he had his million he intended to ask her to marry him; and it was pleasant to have her, all unaware of his purpose, of course, taking such an acute interest in this big game.
"If a man plays too safe he goes broke," objected Johnny seriously, still intent on the diagram, however.