I am, and--" Shadrach broke in.

"Ah, ha! Ah, ha! Zoeth," he crowed, triumphantly.
"Didn't I tell you she'd say that?
I knew she'd say she wouldn't go 'cause she'd think she'd ought to stay here and look out for us.

Well, Mary-'Gusta, you listen to me.

Zoeth and I are your guardians, lawfully appointed.

We're your bosses, young lady, for a spell yet.