"you wouldn't believe me. " Then I went out.



CHAPTER V

THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS

"I suppose," said Daphne." I suppose you think you're funny."

Her husband regarded his cigarette with a frown." Not at all," he
replied. "Only there's nothing doing. That's all. My mind is
made up. This correspondence must now cease. For myself, as
bread-winner and- "

"Never did a day's work in your life," said Jonah."

"And one of the world's workers (so you're wrong, you see)- "

"Of course he's going," said I, looking up. " Only what as?"

"Why not himself?" said Jill.

"M, no," said I. "We must find something out of the common. A
mountebank's too ordinary. I want our party to be one of the
features of the ball."

"Would it be asking you too much to shut your face?" said Berry.
"Nobody spoke to you. Nobody wants to speak to you. I will go
further. Nobody- "