“...!”

“Oh! well, Ally’s asleep still—I should say he was in rude health, unless that suggests a liver!”

“...?”

“Am I ever anything else! And you saw me yesterday.”

“...!”

“Oh, the day before, was it? I’m sorry I forgot!”

“...”

“If you are sentimental through the telephone, I shall ring off!”

“...”

“No; really? We hadn’t heard because we couldn’t go to the Gilderoys.”