"In a few minutes, Babu," said Mr. Sinclair; "I am engaged."
"It iss the Council isspeech of the Legal Member, sir, and it iss to go
at five p. m. to his house for last correction."
"Presently, Babu. Don't interrupt. As I was saying, Miss Howe, I make it
warm for him till he apologises. I must say he always apologises, and I
don't often ask more than that. But I was obliged to tell him the last
time that if it happened again one of us would have to go."
"What did he say to that?"
"I don't exactly remember. But it had a tremendous effect--tremendous.
We became good friends almost immediately."
"Quite so. We miss you when you don't come, Mr. Sinclair--last Saturday
night, for example."
"I _had_ to go to the Surprise Party. Jimmy came here with tears in his
eyes that morning. 'My show is tumbling to pieces,' he said. 'Sinclair,
you've got to come to-night.' Made me dine with him--wouldn't let me out
of his sight. We had to send a reporter to you and Llewellyn that
night."
"Mr. Sinclair, the notice made me weep."
"I know. All that about the costumes. But what can you expect? The man
is as black as your hat."
"We have to buy our own costumes," said Hilda, with a glance at the
floor, "and we haven't any too much, you know, to do it on.
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