Never go into that shop again, Bertha.

It's really quite a pleasure to buy of Mr.Jollyman; he knows how to behave; I really almost felt as if I was talking to some one of our own class.

Without his apron, he must be a thorough gentleman." Bertha could not restrain a laugh.
"How thoughtless of him to wear an apron at all!" she exclaimed merrily.

"Couldn't one suggest to him discreetly, that _but_ for the apron--" "Don't be ridiculous, Bertha!" interrupted her mother.

"You always make nonsense of what one says.