"I've been getting on famously with the ironing."
"Have you?"
"This is one of the few things I can do all right."
"Any child can iron."
"Well, I'll be going down to the shed," said her brother uneasily.
"What for?" said Gertie quickly.
"I want to see about mending that door. It hasn't been closing right."
"I thought Nora had something to say to me."
"So she has: that's what I'm going to leaves you alone for."
"I like that. She insults me before everybody and then, when she's going to apologize, it's got to be private. No, thank you."