"I'm sure I am weaker than I was a week ago." "I dare say," said Jan.
"You dare say!" echoed Lionel.

"When a man has turned the point of an illness, he expects to get stronger, instead of weaker." "That depends," said Jan.

"I beg your pardon, Miss Lucy; that's my foot caught in your dress, isn't it ?" Lucy turned to disentangle her dress from Jan's great feet.

"You should not sway your feet about so, Jan," said she pleasantly.
"It hasn't hurt it, has it ?" asked Jan.
"Oh, no.

Is there another skein to hold, Decima ?" Decima replied in the negative.