"Will you unlock this door and let me out?"
"If we do, will you promise not to boss so hard again?"
"I shan't promise anything of the sort!"
"Right oh! Ta-ta!"
The little wretches surely were not going?
"Here! Come back!" Vivien shouted.
She was allowed a moment or two for reflection, then the gruff voice again began to parley.
"Will you promise?"
"I shall do my duty as a monitress."
"But you won't exceed it?"