"Why can't you leave me ?" she said furiously.

"What utter rot! How dare you make a scene like this?
This is the last time I'll come out with you.

You really are too awful for words." She looked her mother up and down.
"Calm yourself," she said superbly.
Mrs.Raddick was desperate, just desperate.

She was "wild" to go back with Mrs.MacEwen, but at the same time...
I seized my courage.

"Would you--do you care to come to tea with--us ?" "Yes, yes, she'll be delighted.