We stood looking at her and at one another stupidly until she turned her back and went to her own room on the floor above.

Then we followed Monty.
"Did she say anything else ?" he asked as soon as we were inside.

I noticed he was sweating pretty freely now.
"Didums, you're too polite!" Fred answered.

"You ought to have told her to keep her tongue housed or be civil!" "I don't hold with hitting back at a lone woman," said Yerkes, "but what was she driving at?
What did she mean by calling us a pack of mongrels ?" "Merely her way," said Monty offhandedly.

"Those particular McCauleys never amounted to much.