Your father, I know, will always be glad to have me.

And if it so shocks you, there is not the slightest necessity of your coming with us." They glowered at each other, and he said, "You have twisted the question with the usual ability of your sex." She pondered as if seeking some particularly destructive retort.

She ended by saying bluntly, "Did you know that we were going home next week ?" A flush came suddenly to his face.

"No.

Going home?
Who?
You ?" "Why, of course." And then with an indolent air she continued, "I meant to have told you before this, but somehow it quite escaped me." He stammered, "Are--are you, honestly ?" She nodded.