“We went out in the boat every day—Lily rowed occasionally and I rowed frequently. We disagreed on various subjects every day, on the marriage question and on—on—”
“On what?” said Launa.
“On that—”
They laughed together.
“What is ‘that’?” said Mrs. Carden.
“A preposition,” answered Mr. Herbert shortly.
“Oh, no,” said Lily, “it’s a pronoun.”
“ ‘That’ is an adverb,” said Mrs. Carden. “Launa, I shall tell Maud that you called her—vulgar.”
“Oh! do.”
“Women always tell,” said Mr. Herbert. “I told a woman something once and she told. She—”