"Why did you lose your temper with her?"
"I never lose my temper with any one but you."
"Well. You made my father lose his."
"Ods life, Susan, don't you know it's a man's right to tell women how they ought to live? Dear Alison wouldn't listen."
Susan laughed. "She has made you look very foolish."
"If she has I'll forgive her."
"Oh. You do then," said Susan.
"On your honour, miss, what did you think of Mr. Harry Boyce?"
"I wondered Alison should love him."
"Ods life, yes. But what's this you're saying?"