"I'd love it, and so would Harry.

We could easily get together a delightful party.

The Pelhams are here and simply dying for a change, and there's Captain Gardner and Frank Clowes, and lots of nice girls.

Couldn't we fix a date, Dick ?" "Not just yet," her brother replied.
"And why not ?" "I am waiting," he told her, "until I can ask the girl I want to go." "And why can't you now ?" she demanded, with upraised eyebrows.

"I'll be hostess and chaperone all in one." "I can't ask her because I don't know her yet," the young man explained doggedly.
Lady Weybourne leaned back in her chair and laughed.
"So that's it!" she exclaimed.