Still, I should hardly stop him.

He finds enough difficulty in getting out an occasional remark without putting a stopper in him.

Perhaps, though, I mistake your meaning, and you want Peter merely to stop here a little longer." "I mean, dear," replied Mrs.Pierce, with something like a tear in her voice, for she was sadly wanting in a sense of humor, and her husband's jokes always half frightened her, and invariably made her feel inferior to him, "I mean his spending so much time with Helen.

I'm afraid he'll fall in love with her." "My dear," said Mr.Pierce, "you really should be a professional mind-reader.

Your suggestion comes as an awful revelation to me.