He's inclined to take things lazily.
Mona will be a sort of spur to him." "They're all right," agreed Patty.

"It's an ideal match.

Come on, Elise, we've given them enough time alone." The girls went down, and then Van Reypen and Kit Cameron appeared.
Dinner was a gay feast, and the elder Fairfields were as much interested in the chatter as the young people.
"Assert yourself, Roger," said Mr.Fairfield.

"Don't let these girls monopolize the conversation, with their feminine fripperies and millinery muddles." "Models, Dad, not muddles," laughed Patty.

"But we don't talk about those much now, they're all finished.