No I don't mean that never mind it's all right," and Charlie laughed in a way that troubled her, because there was no mirth in it.
"Have you had a pleasant day ?" asked Rose, looking at him intently as he stood pondering over the cigar and match which he held, as if doubtful which to strike and which to smoke.
"Day?
Oh, yes, capital.

About two thousand calls, and a nice little supper at the Club.

Randal can't sing any more than a crow, but I left him with a glass of champagne upside down, trying to give them my old favorite: "'Tis better to laugh than be sighing," and Charlie burst forth in that bacchanalian melody at the top of his voice, waving an allumette holder over his head to represent Randal's inverted wineglass.
"Hush! You'll wake Aunty," cried Rose in a tone so commanding that he broke off in the middle of a roulade to stare at her with a blank look as he said apologetically, "I was merely showing how it should be done.
Don't be angry, dearest look at me as you did this morning, and I'll swear never to sing another note if you say so.

I'm only a little gay we drank your health handsomely, and they all congratulated me.

Told 'em it wasn't out yet.