"In fact, deceitful."
"Mother deceitful?"
"Yes, said she didn't know what train she was coming by." He was beginning to raise his voice.
"Trains don't always start at the time mentioned in Bradshaw. Look at the South Eastern."
"This was the South Western," he snapped. "I must give her a dose of medicine."
"A dose of medicine!" I repeated in surprise.
"Yes, calomel. It's her liver, I expect. She has been like this before. How soon will dinner be ready?"
"When Amelia feels inclined to give it to us."
"Is Amelia the forward young person with the pearl necklace who came to the door?"
"That is an excellent description of Amelia, but I thought you had seen her before."