Mrs.
Harris added that it would be as well for us to come upstairs soon, on our own account also, as otherwise we should miss Muriel's rendering of "The Mad Hatter's Tea Party," out of _Alice in Wonderland_.

Muriel is Harris's second, age eight: she is a bright, intelligent child; but I prefer her myself in serious pieces.

We said we would finish our cigarettes and follow almost immediately; we also begged her not to let Muriel begin until we arrived.

She promised to hold the child back as long as possible, and went.

Harris, as soon as the door was closed, resumed his interrupted sentence.
"You know what I mean," he said, "a complete change." The question was how to get it.
George suggested "business." It was the sort of suggestion George would make.