The Atom heaved a most palpable sigh.
"I will come, then, thank you," she amended her aunt's words.
"Of all the rude little grumps!" Molly attacked her later on.
"I don't care! I do erject to goody-goos!"
"Who is a goody-goo?"
"Why, that silly little Stewart, of course."
"How do you know?"
"Know, is it?" scoffed the Atom. "Hasn't he got big blue eyes and fair hair and a lame leg? Sure I know the sort!" her pig-tail jerking angrily. "And I just can't bear them, Molly O'Brien!"
"I don't see how you can tell. Denis has blue eyes—"
"Oh, Denis!" in a tone of strong contempt for Molly's lack of understanding. "There are eyes and eyes!"