'It's his way of slyly calling poor Dilly a beast, because he's angry with her.

Isn't it a shame?
What shall I do ?' Both of them laughed and enjoyed it.
'Archie, what is the meaning of this?
Why did you make this census of your home ?' Edith asked him gently.
'Why, I didn't make senses of my home; I just wrote down who lived here.' Edith looked at him reproachfully.
'Well, I didn't call Dilly a beast.

I haven't broken Miss Townsend's rules.

She made a new rule I wasn't to call her a beast before breakfast--' 'What, you're allowed to call her these awful names after breakfast ?' 'No.

She made a rule before breakfast I wasn't to call Dilly a beast, and I haven't.