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"Dead right," said Mr Mortimer

"There!" said Mr Bennett "You hear? And when Henry Morti, it's so There's nobody's word I'd take before Henry Mortimer's"

"When Rufus Bennett hly flattered by these kind words, "you can bank on it, Rufus Bennett's word is his bond Rufus Bennett is a white ood deal of feeling

"I a to the Caucasian race," said Mrs Hignett, "I merely maintain that this house is"

"Yes, yes, yes, yes!" interrupted Jane "You can thresh all that out some other time The point is, if this fellow is your nephew, I don't see e can do We'll have to let hi his vizor to facilitate speech, "to ht!" snapped Mrs Hignett "You alere an inconsiderate boy, Samuel"

"I came to enquire after poor Eustace's ankle I've only just heard that the poor chap was ill"

"He's getting along quite well," said Jane,"If I had known you were so fond of Eustace"

"All right, is he?" said Sa on very nicely"

"Fine!"

"Eustace and I are engaged, you know!"

"No, really? Splendid! I can't see you very distinctly--how those Johnnies in the old days ever contrived to put up a scrap with things like this on their heads beats ood sort I hope you'll be very happy"

"Thank you ever so much, Mr Marlowe I'm sure we shall"

"Eustace is one of the best"

"How nice of you to say so"

"All this," interrupted Mrs Hignett, who had been a chafing auditor of this interchange of courtesies, "is beside the point Why did you dance in the hall, Samuel, and play the orchestrion?"

"Yes," said Mr Bennett, re us all to death!" complained Mr Mortinett, "la in consideration for others and concentrated only on your selfish pleasures You see the poor man," said Jane Hubbard "Be human! Lend him a can-opener!"