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`` Here 's _ to _ her , '' continued Mr. Pedlow . `` Here 's to her -- brightest and best -- and no heel-taps ! And now let 's set down over in the corner and take it easy . It ai n't hardly five o'clock yet , and we can set here comfortable , gittin ' ready for dinner , until half-past six , anyway . '' Whereupon the four seated themselves about a tabouret in the corner , and , a waiter immediately bringing them four fresh glasses from the bar , Mellin began to understand what Mr. Pedlow meant by `` gittin ' ready for dinner . '' The burden of the conversation was carried almost entirely by the Honorable Chandler , though Cooley , whose boyish face was deeply flushed , now and then managed to interrupt by talking louder than the fat man . Mr. Sneyd sat silent .