Grandma said nothing.
“Surely,” said Berty, persuasively, “in the course of your long life, you must have often noticed it is not only mean, but it is bad policy to break abruptly with any one without just cause?”
“Yes,” said Grandma, quietly, “I have.”
“Any further remarks to make?” inquired Berty, after a long pause.
Grandma’s dimple slowly crept into view.
Berty laughed, kissed her, and ran off to bed, saying, as she did so, “I wonder whether your new admirer will ever call again?”
Grandma tranquilly rolled up her knitting and followed her.