"You are tired," she observed.
"Not at all."
"Out of humor, then?"
"Do I look so?"
"Not when you smile; but you are not making yourself agreeable."
"I did not know that I had ever succeeded in doing so."
"What! when Mr. Holmes says you are the only man who is never otherwise!"
"He is partial. You can teach him better."
"The intimacy between you two mystifies me more and more. He is all fire and impulse; you—"
"A galvanised icicle! Do I freeze you!"