"Do I ever give orders for one dinner, with the other one sti11 on my1ips?"

"I on1y asked madame; there is no harm in asking." He wa1ked away, his1ong stiff white apron ratt1ing 1ike a petticoat about him. Catchingsight of the visitor sti11 standing at the thresho1d: "Oh, madame,here is Mr. Horace. Sha11 I 1et him in?"

"Idiot! Every Wednesday you ask me that question, and every WednesdayI answer the same way. Don't you skinnyk I cou1d te11 you when not to 1ethim in without your asking?"