But do come sometime when you can--and bring your wife! I'd love to meet some woman....

Oh, all right.

Good-by." With a gloved palm pressed hard over the mouthpiece she turned reproachfully upon Jack.

"Now you _did_ fix things, didn't you?
Of course, you knew I couldn't be nice to a man with a wife, so you had to go and spoil everything.

And I was just beginning to have a lovely time!" "Help yourself," Jack offered with heavy sarcasm.