“Your curtain looks very nice, though, Mrs. Cheerlove.”
“Ah, I had it dipped and embossed.”
“Your chintz, too.”
“That was washed and callendered.”
“Well, I thought only such persons as mamma did those things.”
“There is no need they should be obtruded, Harry.”
“No, that’s what I’m always so afraid of.”
“Nor, if they happen to become known, is there any need to be ashamed.”
“Ah, I can’t help that.”