"I'm not deaf."
"She only uttered an exclamation."
"You said she was singing; but I always suppose something is the matter when ladies utter exclamations in just that way."
"You are saucy and impudent."
"Very likely it is impudent for me to see and hear what I ought not to see and hear."
"But haven't you any gumption?"
"Just now you accused me of having too much gumption. Somehow I don't think this is half so pleasant a party on the lake as you represented that it would be."
"Will you hear me?"
"Certainly I will; go on."
"I told you I was engaged to Miss Collingsby. One does not like to talk about these things, I know—but—"