"Oh, Carrie has all the advantage--she is next to your heart."
"Would you like to exchange places?" was the query flashed back by
Carrie.
"Oh, no, I'm quite as content as you are."
"Why, then, since I am more than content--exultant, indeed--it
appears that we all start from excellent premises to reach a happy
conclusion of our Christmas Eve," cried Marstern.
"Now you are talking shop, Mr. Lawyer--Premises and Conclusions,
indeed!" said Lottie; "since you are such a happy sandwich, you
must be a tongue sandwich, and be very entertaining."
He did his best, the two girls seconding his efforts so genially
that he found himself, after driving five miles, psychologically
just where he was physically--between them, as near to one in his
thoughts and preferences as to the other.
"Let us take the river road home," suggested Lottie.
"As long as you agree," he answered, "you both are sovereign
potentates. If you should express conflicting wishes, I should
have to stop here in the road till one abdicated in favor of the
other, or we all froze.
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