Please don't think me hateful and disobliging, but I don't wish to talk of myself." Arline Thayer eyed Ruth with displeasure.

"I don't see why you should say that, Ruth.

We have all talked of ourselves," she said coldly.
Ruth flushed deeply.

She felt the note of censure in Arline's voice.
"I think we had better go," announced Grace, consulting her watch.

"It is now half-past seven.