"I just mean having him to dinner.

That mulatto woman, Malena Burns, goes out by the day, and she could bring a waitress.

We can get some flowers for the table and some to put in the living-room.

We might just as well go ahead and do it to-morrow as any other time; because your father's in a fine mood, and I saw Malena this afternoon and told her I might want her soon.

She said she didn't have any engagements this week, and I can let her know to-night.