Let's do the decent thing--just once--and have a little party here.

I give you my word we won't do it again." "All right, Joe--that's fair, of course--and I'll do my best to make it exactly what you want." And in the dinner that she gave, Ethel lived up to her bargain.

The dinner was large; there were twenty guests.

The caterer was as before, and so were the food and the flowers.

And all through the evening Ethel was gracious and affable.