"Don't talk about her till I get my breakfast."
He looked at her in surprise, she was so seldom irritated. She rang for Ardelia.
"Why, Miss Bambi, honey! I didn't see yo' all comin'."
"Here I am, and hungry, too."
"How's Mistah Jarvis?"
"All right. Breakfast, Ardelia, I perish."
"Did you have a successful trip?" inquired her father.
"I did, very."
"How did you find Babylon?"
"As Babylonish as ever."