"Can't you guess ?" "No, I can't," he returned daringly.

"I should have thought you would have been the first on the list." "How charming of you to say so!" said Violet.

"Perhaps you are not aware of the fact that the sweetest fruit is generally out of reach." "You might have let me say that," said Nick.

"But the man is a liar in any case, and I hope he will give me the opportunity to tell him so." Violet regarded him with interest.

"I had no idea you were so pugnacious.