I told her that in the old Lair because she had some harsh memories of you there; and it was at the Cuttle Well that I told her about the glove." "And where," asked Tommy, severely, "did you tell her that you had been mistaken in thinking me jealous of a baby and anxious to be considered a wonder ?" She hid her face for a moment, and then looked up roguishly into his.
"I have not told her that yet!" she replied.

It was so audacious of her that he took her by the ears.
"If I were vain," Tommy said reflectively, "I would certainly shake you now.

You show a painful want of tact, Grizel, in implying that I am not perfect.

Nothing annoys men so much.

We can stand anything except that." His merriness gladdened her.