'No, they jolly well aren't.'
He drew her a little aside. 'A blue-faced mandrill, silly, is real; it's in my natural history book.'
'Sorry,' said Dilly apologetically.
'In my natural history book it is, a real thing. I'm a blue-faced mandrill…. Now say it after me.'
'You's a two-faced mangle.'
'Now you're doing it on purpose! If you weren't a little girl, Dilly—'
'I wasn't doing it on purpose.'
'Oh, get away before I hit you! You're a silly little fool.'
She slowly walked away, calling out: 'And you're a silly two-faced mangle,' in a very irritating tone. Archie made a tremendous effort to ignore her, then he ran after her saying:
'Will you shut up or will you not?'