Dear Papa was as lively as an owl with neuralgia.
Georgiana.
Major Tarver isn’t a conversational cracker.
Salome.
Gerald Tarver has no liver—to speak of.
Georgiana.
He might have spoken about his lungs or something, to cheer us up.
Sheba.
I fancy Mr. Darbey was about to make a witty remark once.
Georgiana.