"Father always lets us go on top; he tells us to.

He says it is healthier; and it is such a lovely evening, too, and the drive is beautiful.

I am sure you would--" "Katherine, please, I must ask you not to stand there arguing in that rude manner with me," said Mrs.Pike with intense severity, "Get inside the omnibus at once.

I will speak to your father on the subject when I get home." And poor Kitty, so long mistress of her own actions, walked, bitterly humiliated, under the eyes of the many onlookers, and got into the hot, close 'bus, where the air was already heavy with the mixed smell of straw and paint and velvet cushions, which she never could endure.
"Anthony, you may go outside with Daniel if you prefer it, as the 'bus is rather full inside," said Mrs.Pike, stopping him as he clambered in after Kitty.

But Tony declined the offer.
"I would rather go with Kitty, please," he said loyally.