Not that she thought you'd like the flavour ?" "No.

She hadn't quite the effrontery to say that.

She told me that Mr.Meldon, this parson of yours who takes you out yachting, had given orders before I came that all my food was to be soaked with paraffin oil." "Oh! But that's too absurd." "So you'd think.

So I thought at the moment.

I didn't believe her.