Was--was the grub any good ?" "Was it!" Han grew quite animated.

"It was the best ever! They had about a dozen kinds of salad, and cold meats all over the place, and sandwiches and cakes and ice-cream and ices and coffee and--" "Oh, shut up!" begged Ossie almost tearfully.
"It was bully! Were you there when we chased the burglars ?" "When you--what ?" asked Wink.
"Chased the burglars, I said.

Mr.Drummer, or something--I never did get the name of the folks--found three of them trying to break into his safe, and they knocked him down and half-killed him, and the servants chased them, and then everyone took a hand! It was fine and exciting, I tell you! Had you gone off before that ?" "Why--er--seems to me we did hear something," said Perry.

"When--when was this ?" "Oh, about a quarter to ten, I suppose.

We were dancing--" "_You_ were dancing ?" ejaculated Wink.
"Sure! All of us danced.