I left the date to you, you know I did--I told you I didn't care what day it was, and said you might choose whichever suited yourself best.

What on earth induced you to pitch on the very day when you were invited out ?" "For the very reason you yourself assign--that you let me choose any day that suited me best.

For the very reason that I _was_ invited out.
You see, my dear auntie----" "Oh, you false, cunning boy!" cried Aunt Charlotte, who now saw how she had been trapped.

"So you let me agree to the 24th, and took care not to tell me that the 24th was Thursday because you knew quite well I should never have consented if you had.

What abominable deception! But you shall suffer for it, Austin.