"I saw a jellyfish as big as a cart-wheel!"
"'N Jimmy found seven starfishes!"
"I found eight starfishes!"
"'N I waded out till the water came right up to here!"
"'N I saw a polar bear——"
"Oh, Jimmy, what a story! You've just made that up this minute!"
This last in bell-voiced reproof from Joan. At twenty she still corrected and disputed with them as a rather larger equal.