"Well, I never! Him! What, all the while he——"
"Precisely."
"Well, that beats everything. Oh, if I'd known that!"
"I'll give him your message."
"No, sir, not now, I thank you. The villain!"
"You are right," said I. "I think your mother ought to have—scolded him, too."
"Now you promised, sir——" but Joe came up, and I escaped.