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"Did she say
that?" he responded. "And what did she mean by it, I wonder?"
"It sounded clever," said Patty, "but I didn't understand. What is a
forum, Father?"
Vetch thought a moment. "Mrs. Page would probably tell you," he replied,
"that it is the temple of the improbable."
Patty stirred impatiently. "Now you are trying to talk like Mrs. Page,"
she rejoined. "I wish I knew what things meant."
"When you find out what they mean, Patty, they will cease to interest
you."
"Well, I'd rather be less interested and more comfortable," said Patty,
with a trace of exasperation in her voice. "To-night, for instance, I
hadn't the faintest idea how to behave. Look at all those books I've
read, too, when I might just as well have been enjoying myself. I've
found out to-night, Father, that books can't tell you everything--not
even books on etiquette."
Vetch broke into a laugh of boisterous amusement. "So that is how you
have been spending your time!" he exclaimed. "You'd better trust to your
common sense, my dear; it will carry you straighter.


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