"I think not. It is something more constructive nowadays, I understand."
"Occupational therapy."
"More or less."
"I can't think of any compulsory sewing that would improve my character."
"They would probably find you something more congenial. It is against modern thought to compel a prisoner to do anything that he doesn't want to."
"That is the first time I have heard you sound tart."
"Was I tart?"
"Pure angostura."
Well, she had reached the subject of drink; perhaps now she would suggest his coming out for sherry before dinner.
"What a charming nephew you have, by the way."