"What do you think of him?" he asked.
"He's a very nice boy," Sarah said.
"Manners of a clown!" growled the General.
"Very pretty manners," chirped Sarah, "modest and affectionate."
"What business has a boy with affectionate manners? A boy should have the manners of a gentleman."
"Of the 'old school?'" inquired Sarah, saucily.
"Certainly not of the modern school, Madam!"
When General Haines addressed Sarah as Madam he was very indignant indeed, and Sarah rarely replied, but upon this occasion silence was not what the General wanted.
"What did the young savage say to you?" the General questioned.