And bring in some oysters and
sherry. I'm getting hungry."
"Well," said the lawyer, entering and taking a chair familiarly, where's
your man?"
"Gone," said ANN.
"What! without the divorce? Whew! that's _too_ bad. How did it happen?"
"JEFF didn't come," replied ANN. "He sent a substitute. But I wasn't
going to be fooled that way, so I just drafted _him_ instead."
"What! _married_ him?" queried the lawyer, incredulously.
"Yes, why not? DIGBY was here, you see, and I could not find it in my
heart to cheat the poor man out of a job, with a large family on his
hands, too." And she laughed.
"Well, that _is_ a joke," was the lawyer's reply. And he rubbed his
hands appreciatively. "Who is the fellow? What's his name?"
"BLINKSOP," said ANN, "ARCHIBALD. Oh, won't there be a row," she
chuckled. "He's engaged to my cousin BELINDA, you see."
At this juncture TEDDY entered with the oysters and sherry.
"Come," said ANN to the lawyer, "sit up here and have something to eat,
and I'll tell you all about it. TEDDY," she continued facetiously, "will
you ask a blessing?"
TEDDY closed his eyes reverentially.
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