"No; he was a serious child."
"When Brat smiles I want to cry."
"Good heavens, Eleanor."
"You can 'good heavens' all you like, but I expect you know what I mean."
Bee thought that she did.
"Did he tell you why he didn't write to us all those years?"
"No. There wasn't much opportunity for confidences."
"I thought you might have asked him when you were going round the paddocks with him this evening."
"No. He was too interested in the horses."
"Why do you think he didn't take any interest in us after he left?"