So I refuse to answer." "You were not waiting up for--" "Kelly! I refuse to answer! Anyway you didn't keep your word to me." "How do you mean ?" "You promised to appear in a golden cloud!" "Something went wrong with the Olympian machinery," he explained, "and I was obliged to take the train....

What are you doing there, anyway ?" "Now ?" "Yes, now." "Why, I'm sitting at the telephone in my night-dress talking to an exceedingly inquisitive gentleman--" "I mean were you reading more psalms ?" "No.

If you must know, I was reading 'Bocaccio'" He could hear her laughing.
"I was meaning to ask you how you'd spent the day," he began.

"Haven't you been out at all ?" "Oh, yes.

I'm not under vows, Kelly." "Where ?" "Now I wonder whether I'm expected to account for every minute when I'm not with you?
I'm beginning to believe that it's a sort of monstrous vanity that incites you to such questions.