You'll tell me the news as soon as possible, won't you?
Mrs.Butler and Miss Peters are coming to call in a few minutes.

I met them and they told me so.

They saw her, too.

You'll tell me the news quickly, Lucy, for I'd like to be first, and it seems as if I had a right to that much consideration, being an old friend." "So you have, Jessie." Mrs.Meadowsweet looked immensely flattered.
"I suppose you allude to Mrs.Bertram having favored me with a call," she continued, in a would-be-humble tone, which, in spite of all her efforts, could not help swelling a little.
"Yes, dear, that's what I allude to; I saw her from behind the wire screen blind.

We were having steak and onions for dinner, and the doctor didn't like me jumping up just when I had a hot bit on my plate.