You might just hook me down the back, dear; do you mind?
What do you think his latest craze is?
Mrs.Bruce is run down, so nothing will serve but we must all go for a yachting cruise in the Atlantic.

I have told him flatly that I will not be one of the party.

I detest being on the sea, and as to being boxed up in a yacht with those two--my dear, it would be unspeakable! I should simply leap overboard, I know I should, and I told him so.

He has sulked ever since." "Ah well, you are coming to us," said Olga consolingly.

"So he can go without you now with a clear conscience." "So he can.