Well, I didn't mean that last, you know, but--but--you know what I mean.

What is the matter with you ?" "Why ?" "Because you have something on your mind.

You have not laughed once." He broke into a gruesome laugh.

"I am quite jolly," said he.
"Oh, no, you are not.

And why did you write me such a dreadfully stiff letter ?" "There now," he cried, "I was sure it was stiff.