"What a sauce!" said Quinney, lifting his congested eyes to heaven. "Mother, you go and stand between 'em."
Susan obeyed, muttering to herself and shaking her head. She placed a trembling hand upon Posy's sleeve. Posy saw the tears and kissed her. Quinney continued more fluently, speaking with deliberation, for he had rehearsed carefully this part of the scene.
"Now, Miss Impudence, ain't I been a good father to you? No quibblin'! Ain't I been a tip-top parent to you?"
"I don't quite know."
"What you say?"
"I said I didn't quite know."
"Well, I'm fairly jiggered! Ain't I given' you everything a girl wants?"
Posy remained silent. Can we describe Quinney's astonishment and dismay, when Susan said curtly and clearly:
"Indeed you haven't."
Posy added, hesitatingly: