You used to be rather slangy at times." "What else ?" "You used always to clip your final g's." "Shocking habit," he murmured.

"I cured myself of that by reading aloud in the bush.

Go on, please ?" "You carry yourself so much more stiffly.

Sometimes you have the air of being surprised that you are not in uniform." "Trifles, all these things," he declared.

"Now for something serious ?" "The serious things are pretty good," she admitted.