Did you happen, by the bye, to glance at the boy's collar when you put it on ?" "What, little Alf now ?" his mother faltered.

"You're getting on to him now, are you ?" "I certainly should wish," Burton protested mildly, "that he was more suitably dressed.

A plain sailor-suit, or a tweed knickerbocker suit with a flannel collar, would be better than those velveteen things with that lace abomination.

And why is he tugging at your skirt so ?" "He is ready to start," Ellen replied sharply.

"Haven't forgotten you're taking us to the band, have you ?" "I had forgotten it," Burton admitted, "but I am quite willing to go." Ellen turned towards the stairs.
"Down in five minutes," she announced.