_ROBERTS AND WILLIS CAMPBELL_

Campbell: "Don't mind _me,_ Roberts."

Roberts, looking up: "Heigh? What! Why, Willis! Glad to see you--"

Campbell: "Now that you _do_ see me, yes, I suppose you are. What have
you got there that makes you cut all your friends?" He looks at
Roberts's open page. "Oh! _Popular Science Monthly._ Isn't Agnes a
little afraid of your turning out an agnostic? By-the-way, where _is_
Agnes?"

Roberts: "She left her purse at Stearns's, and she's gone back after
it. Where's Amy?"

Campbell: "Wherever she said she wouldn't be at the moment. I expected
to find her here with you and Agnes. What time did you say your train
started?"

Roberts. "At ten minutes to four. And, by-the-way--I'd almost
forgotten it--I must keep an eye out for the cook Agnes has been
engaging. She was to meet us here before half-past two, and I shall
have to receive her. You mustn't tell Amy; Agnes doesn't want her to
know she's been changing cooks; and I've got to be very vigilant not
to let her give us the slip, or you won't have any dinner to-night."

Campbell: "Is that so? Well, that interests _me._ Were you expecting
to find her in the _Pop. Sci._?"