“He’s very angry because they will not let him come up to you, and will hardly speak to me.”
“No wonder.”
“He says it’s a shame for me to be always with you, and him not allowed to come.”
“So it is. Poor old Scoody! Did he say ‘she shall came’?”
“Yes, over and over again.”
“So it is a shame, poor old chap! I’ll bully father about it. I’d a deal rather have him here than you.”
“Would you, Kenneth?”
“Yes, ever so much: hanging about one, and wanting to coddle one like an old woman! I hate it!”
“I’m very sorry. I did my best to make you comfortable.”
“You don’t do your best. It bores me.”