I could listen to her for hours." "Humph! Well, if you were a member of her household you would have that privilege often.

I doubt if her husband considers it such a privilege." "Her husband?
Oh, yes! I met him.

He is a character, too, isn't he ?" "Yes; a weak one." She put down her coffee cup and sighed, contentedly.
"I think I never tasted anything so good as this lunch," she observed.
"And I'm quite sure I never ate so much at one sitting.

I am going to help you clear away, but please don't ask me to do it just now.

Have you finished?
You may smoke, if you like." I had been longing for a smoke and now I filled my pipe and lighted it.
"Now we can talk, can't we ?" she said.