"If the Sandyses could see us now, Del," said Arthur.
"Or the Whitneys," suggested Adelaide, and both laughed as people laugh when they think the joke, or the best part of it, is a secret between themselves.
Nothing more was said until the soup was finished and Mrs.Ranger rose and began to remove the dishes.

Adelaide, gazing at the table, her thoughts far away, became uneasy, stirred, looked up; she saw that the cause of her uneasiness was the eyes of her father fixed steadily upon her in a look which she could not immediately interpret.

When he saw that he had her attention, he glanced significantly toward her mother, waiting upon them.

"If the Sandyses or the Whitneys could see us _now_!" he said.
She reddened, pushed back her chair, and sprang up.

"Oh, I never thought!" she exclaimed.