"I hate that sort of fellow, Harry."
"He's not a bad chap."
"Does the Squire like him?"
"I don't know, and I don't care. How beastly hot this room is! I shall go."
"I say, Harry, I've only just come back, you know. Is there anything on?"
"Well, if you want to take a hand, I should cut in pretty sharp," said Sir Harry, elbowing his way to the door.
Captain Ripley, impatiently refusing to buy a negro doll which the Vicar's daughter pressed on his favorable notice, leaned against the wall and grimly regarded Dale Bannister.
The latter was just saying:
"Have you looked at the verses at all, Miss Delane?"