"That depends," she answered, and suddenly, without warning, she passed to the lightest and gayest of tones.

"Everything depends on something else, doesn't it?
Now Father is coming out, and I must run upstairs and dress." It was a dismissal, he knew, and yet he hesitated.

"May I come again soon ?" he asked, and held out his hand.
To his surprise Patty greeted his question with a laugh.

"Do you really like politics so much ?" she retorted; and fled lightly toward the staircase beyond the library..