A wave of homesickness swept over Heinrich.

"I take it easy in my old days," he stoutly maintained, but with
such inward distress that, without a protest, he allowed the waiter
to remove his half-emptied glass of beer.

"I'm glad you can take it easy," declared Constance, "but Ersten's
customers will miss you very much--and I am sure Ersten will, too."

"We worked together thirty-seven years," said Schnitt wistfully.

"I'm sure it's only obstinacy," commented Constance when she and
Johnny had rejoined their party. "Why, Mr. Schnitt and Mr. Ersten
have grown up together in the business, and they seemed more like
brothers than anything else. I'd give anything to bring them
together again!"

"I'll ask you for it some time," asserted Johnny confidently.

He caught a flash of challenge in her eyes and realized that he was
moving faster than his schedule would permit,

"I'm going to bring them together, you know," he assured her in
confusion.

"I do hope so," she demurely replied.

"We're wasting an awful lot of time!" called Winnie. "The Canals of
Venice! We haven't been in this." And she promptly bought six
tickets.