her this afternoon. She sent me word to take the children as usual and
that she would see me at three."

My poor George bitterly broke out: "Oh! Will she? That's kind of her!
That's delightful of her! Are you going to see her?"

"Of course I shall see her."

"'Of course'! 'Of course'! I don't know what you mean by talking in
that tone. You won't stay there another minute! That's what you'll
tell her if you insist upon seeing her. If you had behaved properly
you'd have walked out of the house there and then when it happened
last night."

Spite of her trouble Mary could not forbear to laugh. "Dearest, how
could I?"

But this furious young man could not see her point. His fine passion
swept him above contingencies.

"Well, then, this morning," he laid down. "The first thing this
morning you should have gone." He supplied detail: "Packed your box,
and called a cab and gone."

His dictatory air drew from her another sad little laugh.

"Oh, George, dear," she cried, "gone where?"

It was a bucket of water dashed upon his flames, and for a moment they
flickered beneath it--then roared again: "_Where? Anywhere!_"