You and father spent the whole evening discussing some business or other--" "Most important business, my dear girl, I do assure you," protested Waldron, trying to steady his voice.

"Most vitally--" "No matter about that," she interposed.

"It could have been abridged, a trifle.

I barely got six words out of you, that evening; and let me tell you, Wally, a woman never forgets neglect.

She may forgive it; but forget it, never!" "Oh, well, if you put it that way--" he began, but checked himself in time to suppress the cutting rejoinder he had at his tongue's end.
"I do, and it's vital, Wally," she answered.