I hope I sha'n't put you out any, droppin' in on you this way.

You mustn't treat me as comp'ny, you know.

If 'tain't convenient, if your spare room ain't ready so soon after movin', or anything of that kind, I can go to a hotel somewheres for a day or so.
Hadn't I better, don't you think ?" Caroline hesitated.

If only they might have been spared this public humiliation.

If the Dunns had not been there.