“Did you ever notice anything queer about the children?”
Ha! What now? Sets the wind in that quarter? Her defenses bristle.
“What do you mean?”
“Have you ever thought that they are not quite like other children?”
Oh, this was dangerous! Where would this lead? Oh, dangerous.
“Particularize, Harry, particularize!”
“Have you ever noticed that Huggo is crosseyed? Or that Doda has two left feet? and I think—I think that Benji’s face is on upside down.”
Stand by! Stand by! She has the drift of this.
“Oh, let that go. I have a reply to that!” A mirage on her face.
“What reply?”