'Gracious heavens, don't you see? Are you such a supreme goose? My poor young man, the parents would immediately ask you your intentions.'
'Oh would they,' said Joey, in his turn becoming thoughtful; and after a moment he said again, 'Oh would they.'
'It's as certain as anything I know,' said I.
'Oh is it,' said Joey, still thoughtful.
'It's a catastrophe young men very properly dread,' said I.
'Oh do they,' said Joey, sunk in thought.
'Well, if you're not listening—' And I shrugged my shoulders, and went on with my peeling.
He pulled his cap out of the pocket into which it had been stuffed, and began to put it on, tugging it first over one ear and then over the other in a deep abstraction.
'You're in my kitchen,' I observed.
'Sorry,' he said, snatching it off. 'I forgot. You always make me feel as if I were out of doors.'