"That is rather a good quality, is it not?"
"I don't know—with that kind of people—shopmen and the like—it is rather a daft thing to do."
"Daft?"
"Silly, I mean. They have to wait on you, why should you care how they do it? I don't."
"I am ready. Shall we go now?"
"I am ready. What will you buy first?"
"Linen—sheets, pillow-cases, table-cloths, napkins, etc. We shall want a linen draper."
"Then tell cabby to drive us to Smith and McDonald's. It is perfectly lovely to be with you, and without mother and Isabel to snub me. I feel as if I were having a holiday."
"Perhaps I might snub you."
"I am sure you will not. I believe I am going to have a happy afternoon."