"And then the water being shut off--I'm thinking of that, too," said Mrs. Gridley, but in a weakening tone. "Henry had the plumber come and disconnect all three of the bathtubs. He said he wasn't going to put temptation in the way of his own family or himself, either. I know lots of people are doing it on the sly--using a hose, too--but I can't even have a little water in a sprinkling can for my poor withered flowers. Look at them out of that window there--just literally drying up. And we're sending all the wash, even the flat pieces, to the Eagle Laundry. And Henry is going to his club in town for a bath every day, and I'm doing the best I can with the wash-basin and a sponge, and the way Nora--that's my cook's name--and Delia, the waitress--now that Olga has gone, Delia's the only other girl we've got left--the way those two carry on and complain you'd think I was personally responsible for the fact that not a drop of rain has fallen in over two months. And the English being such great hands for their tubs and all, and Mr. Boyce-Upchurch being an Englishman and all, why, I'm honestly afraid, Miss Rena Belle, that he'll be awfully put out. "I dessay he'll be able to accommodate himself to a condition over which none of us has any control," stated Miss Titworthy. "He'll arrive Wednesday afternoon on the five o'clock boat. He asked that he be met with a car. I dessay you'll be wanting to give a little dinner to him Wednesday evening. I don't know what he'll want to do Thursday morning--be driven around, I imagine. And Thursday afternoon there's the reception at the Woman's Club, and his lecture is that night, and Friday he leaves for Trenton where he has his next date on Saturday. He did write something about preferring to be ridden over to Trenton." "I could take him over myself," said Mrs. Gridley, her citadel undermined and she rapidly capitulating, "if he doesn't mind going in a two-seated runabout." "There'll be no trouble about the car," stated Miss Titworthy. "I dessay someone will proffer the use of a touring car." "Well, that point is settled then," agreed Mrs. Gridley, now entirely committed to the undertaking. "But I must get somebody in and broken in to take Olga's place between now and Wednesday. Really that gives me only today and tomorrow, and help is so hard to get, you've no idea, Miss Titworthy! I suppose I'd better run into town this afternoon and go to the employment agencies. No, I can't,--there's my bridge lesson. And tomorrow is the Fergus' tea. I can't go then, either. I promised Mrs. Fergus I'd pour. I suppose I'll have to get Henry or my brother Oliver to do it. But neither one of them would know how to pick out a girl, provided there's any choice at the agencies to pick from--oh, dear!" "Had you thought of a butler?" inquired Miss Titworthy. "A butler?"