"Don't say such horrid things, or I shall cry. Please go on."
"Ah, well, you may bully me now, but you won't then. Where did I leave off, darling?" He pressed her arm and she pressed his.
"At the man going up under the Puffing Hole. The paper he left with your solicitor."
"Our solicitor--say our solicitor."
"Our solicitor. There! But how tiresome you are!"
"Oh, ay! I have the whole thing off by heart. The 'Memorandum' goes on, 'The foregoing refers to s-c-u-l-l-s with only one s-k-u-l-l any lowest, or any last quarter, but great forward pluck required for this. In both cases (of course!) left.' You see, here he underlines the words 'sculls' and 'skull,' which shows something unusual was meant. Remembering everything, 'sculls' evidently meant sculls, as very few people have more than one skull, and 'skull' meant what it seems to mean--your head. By-the-way, I beg your pardon. It's only men have skulls, not angels.'
"Jerry, I'm going home."
"Well, I won't, I won't! Put your arm back. Let us, in fact, have an armed peace."
"This kind of thing, Jerry, is very bitter, and I feel as if--as if--as if----"
"As if what?"