You know I wouldn't do such a thing,--unless----" "Unless what ?" "Unless it happened to be on a night of a special meeting of the Cosmic Centre.

In that case, I'd have to go for a little while." Just then Van Reypen came in.
"You here, Patty ?" he said.

"I've been looking you up.

How are you, Elise?
What are you girls confabbing about ?" "I'm scolding Patty for her desertion of us and her infatuation for those Blaney people." "Confound those Blaney people! I wish they were in Timbuctoo!" "Why, Philip, how unkind!" and Patty smiled at him in an exasperating way.

"You _know_ you admire Sam Blaney immensely,--only you're jealous of him." "Admire him! Jealous of him!" Van Reypen fairly glowered with indignation.