To retain her husband's affection, Zoie determines that an infant is necessary. She hates babies, but she does love her husband -- so, while he is away, she rents a couple of twins from an adjacent laundress, and the fun sets in "Don't you worry about Alfred and me," she said as she kicked off her tiny slippers and hopped into bed. "Just you wait until I get him. I'll manage him all right." "I dare say," answered Aggie; not without misgivings, as she turned off the light. CHAPTER III The double wedding of four of Chicago's "Younger Set" had been adequately noticed in the papers, the conventional "honeymoon" journey had been made, and Alfred Hardy and Jimmy Jinks had now settled down to the routine of their respective business interests. Having plunged into his office work with the same vigour with which he had attacked higher mathematics, Alfred had quickly gained the confidence of the elders of his firm, and they had already begun to give way to him in many important decisions.