‘Oh yes.’

‘And what does Marie say?’

‘That you must fix the day.’

’We’ll have it very soon then;—­some time next month.  You’ll want to get away in August.  And to tell the truth so shall I. I never was worked so hard in my life as I’ve been this summer.  The election and that horrid dinner had something to do with it.  And I don’t mind telling you that I’ve had a fearful weight on my mind in reference to money.  I never had to find so many large sums in so short a time!  And I’m not quite through it yet.’

‘I wonder why you gave the dinner then.’

’My dear boy,’&mdash...