96 THE FIRST GLASS OF WINE;

 

that < expected to shave to walk home
alone.” Eig

‘‘ It is so pleasant,” said Ben, «that I

propose we do not go straight home. Let’s
take a little stroll down Broadway, and look
at the people.”
_ «My mother likes to have me come
straight home from school,” said Clare.
‘*¢ Sle never sits down to dinner without me,
and it puts her out to be kept waiting.”

‘¢ I don’t see how she is to know it,” said
Ben. «6 Hal is kept in, you know, and will
not be at home this ever s0 long. How can

your mother tell the precise moment you
| came out of school. It won’t take you

long.”

 

‘‘J don’t exactly like to disobey my
-.@=* mother, though,” stammered Clare, blushing |

painfully.