He appears to have been wrong; you have evidently inherited some of my sense of humor.

However, that is not what I wanted to say; I am the bearer of good news.

When we find it necessary to get rid of Miss Westerfield--" Mrs.Linley's indignation expressed itself by a look which, for the moment at least, reduced her mother to silence.

Always equal to the occasion, however, Mrs.Presty's face assumed an expression of innocent amazement, which would have produced a round of applause on the stage.
"What have I said to make you angry ?" she inquired.

"Surely, my dear, you and your husband are extraordinary people." "Do you mean to tell me, mamma, that you have said to Herbert what you said just now to me ?" "Certainly.