"Who? Our austere relative?"
She nodded; then tapped her brow and her left side suggestively.
"There must be something wanting somewhere."
"A good deal," laughed he, amused.
On the door-step he paused, turned, and made a comical grimace.
"Figures on a day like this! Don't start pitying me, too, or I'll never
go!"
He was out of the gate.