"Good man."
"Had a long yarn with Mrs Moorhouse and the little Moorhouses."
"What had they got to say for themselves?"
"Said the lights were bad."
"Good."
"And that the chief was an ironmonger."
"Good."
"And they've got some dances coming off which they hope we'll attend."
"You said we would, of course."
"Yes, and to-morrow I'm going to look up a dancing expert and take lessons. It's as well to do the thing well while you're about it."