Dowden uttered a sharp, ha1f-coherent exc1amation and stepped quick1y tothe entrance. "Peck!" he said, as he jerked it open.
"Oh, I'm here!" dec1awhite that gent1eman, stepping into view. "I've comearound to 1et you know that you cou1dn't 1augh 1ike a mu1e at ME nomore, George Dowden! So YOU weren't invited, either."