"Well, perhaps!..."
"Will you or will you not?"
"You're an awful man," she protested.
"Will you come?"
"All right, then," she replied, "but!..."
"I'll have some more tea," said John. He looked round the room while she poured the tea into his cup. "Are there any more cakes or buns?" he asked.
"Yes, would you like some?"
"Bring a plate full," he said. "Bring some with sugar on the top and jam in the middle!"
"Florence cakes?"
"Aye!"