She wishes
us to dine with them soon."
"That's neighborly."
"Why was it, Wilbur, that you didn't buy our house instead of hiring
it?"
"Because I hadn't money enough to pay for it."
"The Williamses bought theirs. But I don't believe they paid for it
altogether. She says her husband thinks the land will increase in value,
and they hope some day to make money by the rise. I imagine Mr. Williams
must be shrewd."
"He's a business man. Probably he bought, and gave a mortgage back. I
might have done that, but we weren't sure we should like the location,
and it isn't certain yet that fashion will move in just this direction.
I have very little, and I preferred not to tie up everything in a house
we might not wish to keep."
"I see. She appreciates that people may take us up any time. She thinks
you are distinguished looking."
"If she isn't careful, I shall make you jealous, Selma. Was there
anything you didn't discuss?"
"I regard you as the peer of any Morton Price alive. Why aren't you?"
"Far be it from me to discourage such a wifely conclusion. Provided you
think so, I don't care for any one else's opinion."
"But you agree with her. That is, you consider because people of that
sort don't invite us to their houses, they are better than we.
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