I won't--"
"Before we go on to Simpkins," said Meldon, "we must settle definitely
about Miss King. Is it understood that you catch her after church
tomorrow and invite her out for a sail with us in the _Spindrift_?"
"No; I won't. I wouldn't in any case; but if Simpkins--"
"I'm not going on to Simpkins yet. I must finish Miss King first.
You've given your reasons for not making her acquaintance, and I've
shown you that they are utterly feeble and won't hold water for a
minute. If you've no other objection, then I think, as a
straightforward man, you are bound to admit you are in the wrong and do
what you ought to have been ready to do without all this arguing."
"To oblige you," said the Major, "and because I want you to have a
pleasant holiday now you're here, I will ask Miss King out with us
once. But I won't ask Simpkins. The man is a horrid bounder, who
makes himself objectionable to everybody, and I won't ask him."
"Nobody wants you to ask him. I'll ask him."
"That will be just the same thing. Once for all, J. J., I won't have
that man on board my boat."
"I don't think," said Meldon, "that you are behaving with quite your
usual fairness, Major.
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