"Yes, I know," she replied, defiantly, taking off her hat.
"We were up late last night."
"Why don't you get up and say how do you do to me? You can't be as tired as all that!"
"I beg your pardon, I forgot all about it!"
"You forgot? I have noticed for some time that you've been forgetting yourself in many ways."
"Indeed? Since when have you noticed it?"
"Since when? What do you mean? Please change your dressing-gown and slippers."
"This is the first time you have found me in them, and you said for some time. Isn't that funny? Don't you think it is?"
"You are laughing at me! What's the matter with you? You've been strange for some time."
"For some time? There you are at it again! Why do you say for some time? Is it because lies have got to be told? Why should it be necessary to tell lies?"