"Yes, mum."
"Alone."
"Yes, mum."
"Was Mrs. Claudine there?"
"Yes, mum."
"Did she wear her new bonnet?"
"Yes, mum."
"It was exactly like this?"
"Oh, no, mum, it was exactly like the new one you had sent home this morning."
"What!" The face of the lady flushed instantly. "Wasn't it like this?"