"I am on one of the committees and must be getting over.

Is your son going ?" "I don't know.

He hasn't come home yet." "He was invited," said Brooks.
"That doesn't make any difference," Witherspoon replied.

"He appears to pay but little attention to invitations, or to anything else, for that matter.

Spends the most of his time at the Press Club, I think." "That's singular." "Very," said Witherspoon.
"I was there the evening they gave a reception to Patti, some time ago," Brooke remarked, "but I didn't see anything so very attractive about the place." "I suppose not," Witherspoon replied, and then he added: "That's Henry now, I think." Henry came in and was apparently surprised to see Brooks.