Why ?" "Do you expect me to believe," resumed his aunt, "that somebody came into the room when you were asleep, and deliberately pulled off all your bedclothes for the fun of doing it?
Am I to understand----" "My dear auntie, I am not an idiot, nor am I in the habit of perjuring myself," interrupted Austin.

"I saw nobody come into the room, and I saw nobody pull off the clothes.

If you really want to know what I 'expect you to believe,' I've already told you.

I might tell you a little more, but then I shouldn't expect you to believe it, so what would be the good?
It seems to me the best thing to do now is to send for Snewin to take away all this mess, move the furniture, and mend the hole in the ceiling.

If once it begins to rain----" "Oh! You might tell me a little more, might you ?" said Aunt Charlotte, bristling.