8/23 Mrs.Halloran wants to come over and fix things up for her. She said so this--" "Oh, I got everything fixed," Tom hastily declared. "Ha! What did I tell you ?" The judge glared; Tom could have bitten his tongue for that slip. "Your pitiful attempts to mislead Barbara's admirers expose you to ridicule, and offend those of us who tolerate you out of regard for her." (The judge had a nice Texas drawl, and he pronounced it "reegy'ad.") "You're on your way to the train at this moment and--I propose to accompany you." "What would I be going to the train for, now ?" Tom inquired, in a deceitfully mild tone. |