And I'll come back in the same way; and our food I'll smuggle in of nights." "And I, Matilda, I shall not mind staying in at all," bubbled the Mary person.

"It will give me a splendid chance to practice.

You see, I hope to go on a concert tour this fall." "By the way, Matilda, about the row Mary'll be making on the piano.
Couldn't you just casually mention to anybody you see that mother had bought one of these sixty-horse-power, steam-hammer piano-players and you were the engineer, running it a lot to while away the lonesome months ?" "Do you want to intimate, sir," demanded Mary with mock hauteur, "that my playing sounds like a--" "What I want to intimate, madam, is that I'd like to avoid having our happy home raided by the police.

Matilda, you could do that, couldn't you--just casually ?" "Yes--M--Mr.Jack," mumbled Mrs.De Peyster.
"There, everything's settled.

We'll go up to our rooms.