“Well, then, there is Eve; we'll ask her.”
“If you dare, sir!” and Mrs. Dodd was carnation.
Four years after the above events
Two ladies were gossiping.
1st Lady. “What I like about Mrs. Dodd is that she is so truthful.”
2d Lady. “Oh, is she?”
1st Lady. “Yes, she is indeed. Certainly she is not a woman that blurts out unpleasant things without any necessity; she is kind and considerate in word and deed, but she is always true. She has got an eye that meets you like a little lion's eye, and a tongue without guile. I do love Mrs. Dodd dearly.”
Two Qui his were talking in Leadenhall Street.
1st Qui hi. “Well, so you are going out again.”
2d Qui hi. “Yes; they have offered me a commissionership. I must make another lac for the children.”