"I've begun twice, haven't I? You haven't any patience."
"Oh, that was in the woods. What could I do on a hillside? Teach me in the summer house this afternoon."
"That's where you ought to be now, practising," said Violet.
"I've put in half an hour this morning."
"That isn't enough. It's time for another."
"Oh, you want me to go, do you, so you can go back and watch Phil?"
"Well, I never before had a chance to see the wheels go 'round in a painting. Don't you think it's wonderful?"
"Yes, he's a wizard. It's a pity you couldn't go with him last night. He took Kath and she managed to turn her ankle."
"So he has been telling me. I'm sorry. So you'd rather have had mine turned? Then I couldn't have taught you to clog, remember."