Diana flushed with importance, but Chris said bluntly:
"Dinah is only good for writing stories; she always forgets everything else."
Mrs. Inglefield was deep in her magazine again.
"Shut up!" said Diana, stretching out one slim leg to give her brother a kick.
Chris retaliated at once. Noel looked at them in delight.
"Have a fight," he suggested cheerfully.
Chris instantly was on his best behaviour.
"Men don't fight women," he said; "they're too sloppy, girls are."
"I've got as much muscle as you," said Diana, baring her arm to the elbow.
Chris grinned at her, and said no more.