He is a joke at the bank, where he is a sort of fifth wheel.

They made a place for him there, because he married the president's daughter, and it was necessary for him to draw a salary." One question more and Mary breathed easier.

She had learned the name of the bank, and early in the morning she intended to start out to find it.
With that matter settled it was easy for her to throw herself into the full enjoyment of all that followed.

The Christmas dinner was served in the middle of the day instead of at night, and the afternoon flew by so fast that Eugenia protested against their going when the time came, saying that she had had no visit at all.

Joyce explained that she had promised Mrs.Boyd to help with an entertainment that night for a free kindergarten over on the East Side, and that she must get to work again early in the morning to fill an order for some menu cards she had promised to have ready for the twenty-seventh.
Betty, also, had promised to go back.