Mr. Harris used to work in Dover, but
then he changed his work, and he and his wife moved to another town. They did
not have many friends there, but they soon met a lot of interesting people, and
after a few weeks, they often went to dinner or to parties at other people's
houses. Then Mrs. Harris said to her husband, "We've been to a lot of
other people's houses, and now we must invite them to our house, mustn't
we?"
"Yes, certainly," answered
her husband, "A big party will be the easiest thing, won't it? Then we can
start to invite people to dinner in small numbers next month."
So Mrs. Harris said, "Yes, I'll
invite all our friends here to a big party on 5th December."
"How many will that be?" Mr.
Harris asked. "Don't invite too many."
Mrs. Harris was beginning to write the
invitations when her husband saw that she was writing, "Party: 6:30 to
8:30 p.m."
"That isn't very nice, is it?" he
said. "You're telling our guests that they must go at 8:30." So Mrs.
Harris just wrote "Party: 6:30 p.m."
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