“...!”
“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.”