You see ours is an English hospital, though we are South Africans attached to it.

I think they're much more strict than Colonial hospitals.

But they give us more latitude than the rest, at any rate.
Julie had a fearful row once, and simply declared she would do some things, and since then they turn a blind eye occasionally.

But there are limits, and one day she'll step over them--I know she will." "Let's hope not," said Peter; "but now let me get you some tea." The little room was packed, but Peter got through somehow and made his way to a series of tables spread with cakes and sandwiches.

He got a cup and seized a plate, and shouldered his way back.