"I met your children down below," he went on, "but they would hardly speak to me. Why don't they like me?"
"Never mind the children."
"But I do mind. Most children like me."
"How is everything?"
"In London? Oh, first-rate. I saw your husband the——"
"I mean, how is Omofaga?"
"It has been atrociously dull. What could you expect?"
"Well, I didn't expect that, or I shouldn't have come."
"Are the stores started?"