Let the past and the future take care care of itself.

Hurrah for the glorious present! I hope you giddy, gorgeous creatures can appreciate my noble, self-sacrificing spirit.

While you have been engaged in wearing your costliest raiment and eating up a delectable dinner, I've been obliged to lurk like a criminal in J.Elfreda's room, attired in somber, sable weeds." "But when did you arrive, Emma ?" asked Arline.

"Of course we know now that you and Elfreda perpetrated this dark but delightful plot.

How you managed to slip into the cottage without any of us seeing you is a greater mystery than the Seeress of the Seven Veils could ever hope to be." "Oh, it was all planned beforehand," explained Emma cheerfully.