"By the way, Tita, you shouldn't give yourself the habit of saying things like that." "Like what ?" "Well, telling a fellow not to be an ass, you know.

It doesn't matter to me, of course, but I heard you say something like that to old Lady Warbeck yesterday, and she seemed quite startled." "Did she?
Do her good!" says Tita, making a charming little face at him.

"Nothing like electricity nowadays.

It'll quite set her up again.

Add _years_ to her life." "Still, she wouldn't like it, perhaps." "Having years added to her life ?" "No; your slang." "She likes _me_, any way," says Tita nonchalantly, "so it doesn't matter about the slang.