"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."