I couldn't be much wetter if I was either one, and I'd have gills so I could breathe under water.

I SUPPOSE mermaids have gills, I don't know." Emily laughed.

"Aunt Thankful," she declared, "I believe you would find something funny in a case of smallpox." "Maybe I should; I never tried.

'Twouldn't be much harder than to be funny with--with rain-water on the brain.

I'm so disgusted with myself I don't know what to do.