But--I can't help thinking you exaggerate his faults.' 'Not a bit.

He's a regular brute when he gets angry.' 'My dear,' Emmeline interposed softly, 'that isn't quite a ladylike expression.' 'No, it isn't.

Thank you, Mrs.Mumford.I meant to say he is horrid--very disagreeable.

Then there's something else I want to tell you about.

Cissy Higgins--that's Mr.Higgins's daughter, you know--is half engaged to a man called Bowling--an awful idiot--' 'I don't think I would use that word, dear.' 'Thank you, Mrs.Mumford.I mean to say he's a regular silly.