"[...] Lawton: "Oh, yes, Campbell." Mrs. Roberts, without: "Mr. Bemis! So kind of you to come on Christmas." Mr. Bemis, without: "So kind of you to ask us houseless strangers." Mrs. Roberts, without: "I ran out here, thinking it was my aunt. She's played us a trick, and hasn't come yet." Bemis, entering the drawing-room with Mrs. Roberts: "I hope she won't fail altogether. I haven't met her for twenty years, and I counted so much upon the pleasure-Hello, Lawton!" Lawton: "Hullo, old fellow!" They fly at each other, and ...
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"[...] Lawton: "Oh, yes, Campbell." Mrs. Roberts, without: "Mr. Bemis! So kind of you to come on Christmas." Mr. Bemis, without: "So kind of you to ask us houseless strangers." Mrs. Roberts, without: "I ran out here, thinking it was my aunt. She's played us a trick, and hasn't come yet." Bemis, entering the drawing-room with Mrs. Roberts: "I hope she won't fail altogether. I haven't met her for twenty years, and I counted so much upon the pleasure-Hello, Lawton!" Lawton: "Hullo, old fellow!" They fly at each other, and shake hands. "Glad to see you again." Bemis, reaching his left hand to Mr. Roberts, while Mr. Lawton keeps his right: "Ah! Mr. Roberts." Lawton: "Oh, never mind him. He's merely the husband of the hostess." Mrs. Miller, to Roberts: "What does he mean?" Roberts: "Oh, nothing. Merely a joke he's experimenting with." Lawton to Bemis: "Where's your boy?" Bemis: "He'll be here directly. He preferred to walk. Where's your girl?" Lawton: "Oh, she'll come by and by. She preferred to drive."[...]."
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