"If you are pleasant and respectful to us during breakfast, I will invite you to my room to hear it read." "Your half of the room," reminded Anne, with emphasis.
"I beg your pardon, my half of the room," corrected Grace.

"I might lease your half for the occasion, then I could turn you out if you proved a disturbing factor." "But I could refuse to lease my half," declared Anne.
"Then I should be obliged to turn you out, at any rate.

I am much stronger than you." "It sounds like a discussion between the March Hare and the Mad Hatter, doesn't it ?" commented Elfreda.
"It has a true Alice in Wonderland tang," agreed Miriam solemnly.

"In the meantime I am growing hungrier.

On to breakfast!" After breakfast, the quartette lost no time in going upstairs to Grace's room to listen to Mabel's letter.