"Well--it strikes me--Look here, what makes you and--and everybody--so excited over him ?" "Excited!" she jeered.

"Can't people be glad to see an old friend without silly children like you having to make a to-do about it?
I've just been in your mother's room suggesting that she might give a little dinner for them--" "For who ?" "For whom, Georgie! For Mr.Morgan and his daughter." "Look here!" George said quickly.

"Don't do that! Mother mustn't do that.

It wouldn't look well." "Wouldn't look well!" Fanny mocked him; and her suppressed vehemence betrayed a surprising acerbity.

"See here, Georgie Minafer, I suggest that you just march straight on into your room and finish your dressing! Sometimes you say things that show you have a pretty mean little mind!" George was so astounded by this outburst that his indignation was delayed by his curiosity.