a dentist. Besides,” I says, “suppose they did get mixed up and swap kids, none o’ the parties concerned would have reasons to gloat. And the babies certainly couldn’t look no more miserable under different auspices than they do now.”
We walked all round the deck, threadin’ our way among the banana peelin’s, and lookin’ our shipmates over.
“Pick out somebody you think you’d like to meet,” I told the Wife, “and I’ll see if I can arrange it.”
“Thanks,” she says; “but I’ll try and not get lonesome, with my husband and my sister and my sister’s beau along.”
“It’s nice for you to say it,” says I; “but you want to remember that we’re leavin’ Bess and Bishop to themself, and that leaves you and I to ourself, and they ain’t no two people in the world that can spend two days alone together without gettin’ bored stiff. Besides, you don’t want to never overlook a chance to meet high-class people.”