"What do you take with you?" asked Rodney's mother.
Both looked around a second. "Corn in our stomachs," said they.
"Are the ladies insulted, mother?"
"They are dull and nasty, my boy."
The ladies hurried out, one knocking over a chair, the other deliberately pulling down a picture.
"Here, mother," said Rodney, bringing her a comb and brush, "tidy up my cat. Mary's coming with her doll." The mother combed and brushed the cat, while Rodney jumped on and off the table for joy. In the meantime Professor Brandon was conversing with the ladies on the outside.
"Ladies! ladies!" said he.
"Ha! ha!" was the response.
"Let it flow right along," continued the professor.
"We'll be generous enough," said they.