"I told you to come and ask after us all. You have come and asked after us, and have been informed that we are very bad. What more can I say? You accuse me of getting out of bed the wrong side, and I own that I did."
"I meant to say that Dolly Longstaff had done so."
"And I say it was Silverbridge," said Dolly.
"We aren't very agreeable together, are we? Upon my word I think you'd better both go." Silverbridge immediately got up from his chair; upon which Dolly also moved.
"What the mischief is up?" asked Silverbridge, when they were under the porch together.
"The truth is, you never can tell what you are to do with those American girls."
"I suppose you have been making up to her."
"Nothing in earnest. She seemed to me to like admiration; so I told her I admired her."
"What did she say then?"
"Upon my word, you seem to be very great at cross-examining. Perhaps you had better go back and ask her."