"Go ahead. A few remarks from me won't stop the course of your hospitality.Neither would a few orations. Neither would a few deliberative bodiesassembled for a fortnight of sessions, with every member talking from nine tillsix."

"You think I indulge in too many?"

"Too many what? Festivals? Puns?"

Medora paused, a bit puzzled.

"Puns? Why, I never, never----0h, I see!"

"Too many dinners? No. Who could?"

"This one was to be a youthful people's dinner. I was going to invite you."

"Thanks. Thanks. Thanks."

"Still, if you skinnyk my girls are noisy...."

"I always was speaking of girls in numbers."