"I certainly shall tell him," she declared, "unless you promise to eat with us on Thanksgiving Day.

Oh, come along, don't be so silly.

You've eaten at our house hundreds of times." This was a slight exaggeration.

Jed had eaten there possibly five times in the last five years.

He hesitated.
"Ain't goin' to be any other company, is there ?" he asked, after a moment.