Grandmother. You need not strain yourself so. I can hear perfectly well. (The others exchange glances.)
Röst. I was saying to Miss Cornelia only last night—we met for a few moments after the service—
Grandmother. I know, I know.
Röst. I said I had never known any one of over ninety have all their faculties so remarkably clear—
Mrs. Röst.—so remarkably clear as yours! And such good health, too! My husband has suffered a great deal from asthma lately.
Röst. I have suffered a great deal from asthma lately.
Mrs. Röst. And I from a heart trouble, which—
Grandmother. We did not know anything about such ailments in my day.
Mrs. Röst. Isn't she sweet! She doesn't remember that people were sometimes ill in her day.
Bishop. Lovely weather we are having!