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Rh *Maid.—Yes, Sir; we hope you will come here often … but couldn’t you stay here for another day? It looks as if it were going to be fine tomorrow.
 * Husband.—Yes, I’d like to very much, but I have some business to attend to in Tokyo … we have had a thorough rest here, and after all, that was the main reason we came … Please take this. (He hands her the money for payment of the hotel bill.
 * The maid takes it, and after paying some polite compliment, she goes out.)
 * Wife.—How much did the account come to?
 * Husband.—Oh, it was rather cheap, my dear.
 * Wife.—As we expected?
 * Husband.—Well, yes … Shall we give rather a generous tip?
 * Wife.—Nonsense! I don’t think that’s at all necessary. It would be better to spend the money on an extra day here.
 * Husband.—You say it as if it were a very easy matter … But, look! It’s getting quite fine again.
 * Wife.—But, couldn’t you manage to take just one more day from your office?
 * Husband.—If I hadn’t received that telephone message a little while ago, I might have been able to … I feel as if I were tied to the office by a rope. At any rate my absence has evidently convinced them that I am indispensable. When I get to the office tomorrow morning I’ll let them see I am not too pleased to have been called back. I can see the manager coming to me with all kinds of flattering