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"Yes; you come and talk to him, Rachael," Mrs. Whittaker said

"He's all right, of course, but he's just a little fussy -- "

"Of course it does, but we all know Clarence!" Mrs. Whittaker said

"He seems to have got it into his head that Billy -- You go talk to him, Rachael, and I'll send her in."

"That's just what you can't, dear," Mrs. Whittaker, who had joined the group, said pleasantly.

"Take that stuff away, Frank, and don't be so silly! If Frank," she added to the group, "hadn't been at it all afternoon himself he wouldn't be such an idiot."

"It's perfectly clear that you're acting like an idiot, Clancy," Mrs. Whittaker said briskly.

"Nobody's trying to hoodwink you; it isn't being done this year! You've got an awful katzenjammer from the Stokes' dinner, and all you men ought to be horsewhipped for letting yourselves in for such a party. Now if you and Rachael want to go home in the runabout, I'll send Billy straight after you with Kenneth or Kent -- "

"My dear Clarence, your daughter is old enough to know her own mind!" Mrs. Whittaker said impatiently.

"Oh, aren't they hopeless!" Mrs. Whittaker asked

"It was nothing at all!" said the hostess cheerfully, adding immediately, "You poor thing!"

"Too bad!" Mrs. Whittaker said

"But such things will happen! It's too bad, Rachael, but what can one do? Are you going to be warm enough? Sure? Don't give it another thought, dear, nobody noticed it, anyway. And listen -- any chance of a game tonight? I could send over for you. Marian's with me, you know, and we could get Peter or Greg for a fourth."

"Great bidding, Rachael; we're as safe as a church!"

"She's prettier than ever," Gertrude Whittaker said

"Rachael, I'm dealing for you -- come back here!" Gertrude might call.

"What geese girls are! I never heard anything so silly!" Gertrude said.

"Well, it's nothing," Gertrude said at last. "This is what Katrina said: she said that Warren Gregory had liked Rachael Breckenridge as well as he liked Rachael Gregory! That was all."

"Oh, Rachael, you're hopeless!" Gertrude laughed