into his ear.

The reluctance to go home was not confined to wayward men. The hall was at present occupied by two deplorably sober men and their highly indignant wives. The wives were sympathizing with each other in slightly raised voices.

“Whenever he sees I'm having a good time he wants to go home.”

“Never heard anything so selfish in my life.”

“We're always the first ones to leave.”

“So are we.”

“Well, we're almost the last tonight,” said one of the men sheepishly. “The orchestra left half an hour ago.”

In spite of the wives' agreement that