Matt. [Regards him for a few moments.] Well, I'm astonished! If you don't consider your behaviour d—ee—d awful, will you please find me some word that will describe it?
Lucas. You know you're putting a much worse construction on this than the necessities of the case demand.
Matt. What?!
Lucas. I've nothing to reproach myself with. Mrs. Biggs wasn't out of the dairy three minutes, and you were hanging about the windows all the time.
Matt. I was hanging about the windows?
Lucas. Yes, and I must say that when you saw two people engaged in an interesting conversation the least you could do was to pass on and take no notice.
Matt. "Interesting conversation"?!
Lucas. Well, what did you call it? If it comes to that, what do you accuse me of?
Matt. Well, here you are, on the first day of the year, after listening to a most eloquent sermon, after making a solemn resolution to give up all your bad habits——
Lucas. Excuse me, I expressly stated that I didn't mean to give up all my bad habits. And I don't call this a bad habit.