I couldn't be happy a minute." "But, dearest, aren't you _ever_ going to leave him ?" demanded the young husband, forlornly.
"Why, yes, of course, when it's reasonable and necessary.

I went out to the Annex yesterday afternoon.

I was gone almost two whole hours." "Well, did anything happen ?" "N-no; but then I telephoned, you see, several times, so I _knew_ everything was all right." "Oh, well, if that's all you want, I could telephone, you know, between every act," suggested Bertram, with a sarcasm that was quite lost on the earnest young mother.
"Y-yes, you could do that, couldn't you ?" conceded Billy; "and, of course, I _haven't_ been anywhere much, lately." "Indeed I could," agreed Bertram, with a promptness that carefully hid his surprise at her literal acceptance of what he had proposed as a huge joke.

"Come, is it a go?
Shall I telephone to see if I can get seats ?" "You think Baby'll surely be all right ?" "I certainly do." "And you'll telephone home between every act ?" "I will." Bertram's voice sounded almost as if he were repeating the marriage service.
"And we'll come straight home afterwards as fast as John and Peggy can bring us ?" "Certainly." "Then I think--I'll--go," breathed Billy, tremulously, plainly showing what a momentous concession she thought she was making.

"I do love 'Romeo and Juliet,' and I haven't seen it for ages!" "Good! Then I'll find out about the tickets," cried Bertram, so elated at the prospect of having an old-time evening out with his wife that even the half-hourly telephones did not seem too great a price to pay.
When the time came, they were a little late in starting.