He lifted his chin and piped up shrilly, and with a fervour that startled even the intense Perse: "Because Uncle Jack said we should, that's why." We have no record of what immediately followed this abrupt declaration; there are some things that never leak out, no matter how prying the chronicler may be.

When one stops to consider that this was the first time a question had been put directly to the Prince--and one that he could understand, at that--we may be inclined to overlook his reply, but we cannot answer for certain members of the cabinet.

Unconsciously, the boy in knickers had uttered a truth that no one else had dared to voice.

John Tullis _was_ the joint stepping-stone and stumbling-block in the deliberations of the cabinet.
It goes without saying that the innocent rejoinder opened the way to an acrid discussion of John Tullis.

If that gentleman's ears burned in response to the sarcastic comments of the Duke of Perse and Baron Pultz, they probably tingled pleasantly as the result of the stout defence put up by Halfont, Dangloss and others.