I believe I'll telephone for Bob Peyton to come over to lunch." "No, don't.

I'd rather not have him.

I like to be alone with you much better.

Ask him over for dinner, if you like." So the two lunched alone, and then came the difficult crisis.
Patty flatly rebelled against Adele's suggestion that she take an afternoon nap to be fresh for the evening.
"What's the matter with you, Adele ?" she laughed.

"Do you think I'm a dormouse?
Or a bear who wants to hibernate?
I'm as wide-awake as you are!" "It isn't that, Patty," and poor Adele was at her wits' end, "but you're really run down--er--nerve exhaustion, you know----" "Well, _your_ nerve isn't exhausted! To make me go to bed by day,--all the whole time!" "Now, Patsy, don't be stubborn.