Some kind o' doin's was goin' on, fer the house was blazin' with light, an' music was playin'.
"'What's on ?' says Price to the feller that let us in.
"'Sir and Lady somebody 's dinin' here to-night, sir,' says the man.
"'Damn!' says Price, 'I fergot all about the cussed thing.

Have Mr.
Harum showed to a room,' he says, 'an' serve dinner in my office in a quarter of an hour, an' have somebody show Mr.Harum there when it's ready.' "Wa'al," pursued David, "I was showed up to a room.

The' was lace coverin's on the bed pillers, an' a silk an' lace spread, an' more dum trinkits an' bottles an' lookin'-glasses 'n you c'd shake a stick at, an' a bathroom, an' Lord knows what; an' I washed up, an' putty soon one o' them fellers come an' showed me down to where Price was waitin'.
Wa'al, we had all manner o' things fer supper, an' champagne, an' so on, an' after we got done, Price says, 'I've got to ask you to excuse me, Harum,' he says.

'I've got to go an' dress an' show up in the drawin'-room,' he says.

'You smoke your cigar in here, an' when you want to go to your room jest ring the bell.' "'All right,' I says.