And then I thought p'r'aps you were lonely, like I am.

I didn't find out till afterwards that you didn't like the way I talked." "Do you know you make me feel a most objectionable cad ?" said Merefleet.
"Oh, no, you aren't that," she hastened to assure him.

"I'm positive you aren't that.

It was my fault.

I spoke first.