Only just a little tired!" "Exactly!" And Mr.Bunce nodded profoundly.

"Just a little tired! We have taken a very unnecessary journey away from our friends, and we are suffering for it! We must now be very good; we must stay at home and keep quiet!" Helmsley looked from one to the other questioningly.
"Do you think I'm ill ?" he asked.

"I'm not, really! I feel very well." "That's all right, David, dear!" said Mary, patting his hand.

"But you _are_ tired--you know you are!" His eyes rested on her fondly.
"Yes, I'm tired," he confessed.

"But that's nothing." He waited a minute, looking at them all.