"Pooh!" says Vee. "Just as though I didn't go back to see if he'd gone and hear you putting him up to all that yourself! It was fine of you to do it too, Torchy."
"Right here, then!" says I. "Place the laurel wreath right here."
"Silly!" says she, givin' me a reprovin' pat. "Besides, that porch light is on."
Which was one of the reasons why I turned it off, and maybe accounts for our sudden break when Marjorie comes out to tell us it's near twelve o'clock.
Yes, indeed, though he may not look it, Ferdie is more or less of a help.
"WHICH WAS ONE OF THE REASONS I TURNED THE PORCH LIGHT OFF."