'I am going to show Miss Frere something, if she will allow me.'
'She will allow you, of course. You have done it pretty often lately.
Where is it now?'
'Nowhere for you, mamma. My show to-day is for Miss Frere alone.'
'Alone? Why may I not go?'
'You would not enjoy it.'
'Then perhaps she will not enjoy it.'
'Perhaps not.'
'But, Pitt, what do you mean? and what is this you want to show her which she does not want to see?'
'She can tell you all about it afterwards, if she chooses.'
'Perhaps she will not choose to go with you on such a doubtful invitation.'