will produce with it.'

MRS. ROBERTS: 'And the Millers--what a shame they couldn't come!
How excited they would have been!--that is, Mrs. Miller. Is their
baby very bad, Doctor?'

LAWTON: 'Well, vaccination is always a very serious thing--with a
first child. I should say, from the way Mrs. Miller feels about it,
that Miller wouldn't be able to be out for a week to come yet.'

MRS. ROBERTS: 'Oh, how ridiculous you are, Doctor!'

BEMIS, rising feebly from his chair: 'Well, now that it's all
explained, Mrs. Roberts, I think I'd better go home; and if you'll
kindly have them telephone for a carriage--'

MRS. ROBERTS: 'NO, indeed, Mr. Bemis! We shall not let you go.
Why, the IDEA! You must stay and take dinner with us, just the
same.'

BEMIS: 'But in this state--'

MRS. ROBERTS: 'Oh, never mind the STATE. You look perfectly well;
and if you insist upon going, I shall know that you bear a grudge
against Edward for not arresting him. Wait! We can put you in
perfect order in just a second.' She flies out of the room, and
then comes swooping back with a needle and thread, a fresh white
necktie, a handkerchief, and a hair-brush. 'There! I can't let you
go to Edward's dressing-room, because he's there himself, and the
children are in mine, and we've had to put the new maid in the