I'm sure you could." She threw him a whimsical smile.

"I!" she said.

"Why that's about as likely as--" she stopped short in some confusion.
He laughed a little.

"You mean I might as soon hope to cut out Apollo?
But the cases are not parallel, I assure you.

Besides, Apollo happens to be my brother, which makes a difference." "Oh, is he your brother?
What a good thing you told me!" laughed Dinah.
"I might have said something rude about him in a minute." "Like me!" said Billy, stumbling to his feet.