Ellen ain't on in this turn.

She can just stay at home and mind the cat--I beg his pardon, I mean the lodger!" "I won't have Mr.Sleuth laughed at," said Mrs.Bunting darkly.
"But there! I'm sure it's very kind of you, Joe, to think of giving Bunting and Daisy such a rare treat"-- she spoke sarcastically, but none of the three who heard her understood that..