"Not what Gerald says," said his wife.
"Well, it's what you might say. What Horace would have said."
"'Eheu'—good," said Gerald, while his wife was asking "Horace who?"
We moved on to the next word, P—D.
"Mine," said Norah, "is what you might do to a man whom you didn't like, but it's a delightful thing to have and at the same time you would hate to be in it."
"Are you sure you know what you are talking about, dear?" said Mrs. Gerald gently.
"Quite," said Norah with the confidence of extreme youth.
"Could you say it again very slowly," asked Dennis, "indicating by changes in the voice which character is speaking?"
She said it again.
"'Pound,'" said Gerald. "Good—one to me."