"I was wondering if now--" she murmured.
They stopped; they waited for each other.
"Go on, Con," said Josephine.
"No, no, Jug; after you," said Constantia.
"No, say what you were going to say.

You began," said Josephine.
"I...

I'd rather hear what you were going to say first," said Constantia.
"Don't be absurd, Con." "Really, Jug." "Connie!" "Oh, Jug!" A pause.

Then Constantia said faintly, "I can't say what I was going to say, Jug, because I've forgotten what it was...

that I was going to say." Josephine was silent for a moment.