Oh, you need not look at me like that.

I am not altogether useless.

I studied Domestic Science--a little--in my prep school course.

As much as I studied anything else," laughingly.
"But--" "Mr.Paine, I am not on horseback now and you can't hold my bridle as you did Don's.

If you will fill the coffee pot and put it on to boil.
Thank you.