You didn't mind my asking you, did you ?" "Certainly not.

Tell your mother, March, that I hope those Remsens are some of my folks, because I should like to be related to her friends.
And say, March, when you're writing to your mother about me you needn't say anything about those explosions, need you ?" "I don't think it will be necessary, sir," laughed Joel.
"Very well; then just mention me as a dignified and reverend attorney-at-law, and we'll keep the rest a secret between us.".