What I meant was that--that it is very difficult to refrain from the use of slang," finished Elfreda with such affected primness that the laughter broke forth afresh.
"Humph!" she ejaculated disgustedly.

"I don't see anything to laugh at.
Goodness knows I'm trying hard to break myself of the habit." "Of course you are," sympathized Anne.

"We aren't laughing at you.

It was the funny way you ended your last sentence." Elfreda's face relaxed into a good-natured grin.

"I am funny sometimes," she admitted calmly.