John is almost upon us--and _I_ don't want to make explanations.

Do you ?" "John," she said airily to the somewhat dazed chauffeur (who had been told he was to meet a young woman), "take Mr.Arkwright's bag, please, and show him where Peggy is waiting.

It will be five minutes, perhaps, before I can come--if you'll kindly excuse me," she added to Arkwright, with a flashing glance from merry eyes.

"I have some--telephoning to do." All the way to the telephone booth Billy was trying to bring order out of the chaos of her mind; but all the way, too, she was chuckling.
"To think that this thing should have happened to _me!_" she said, almost aloud.

"And here I am telephoning just like Uncle William--Bertram said Uncle William _did_ telephone about _me!_" In due course Billy had Aunt Hannah at the other end of the wire.
"Aunt Hannah, listen.