"Well, well, I expect to be very busy to-day."
"Too busy to please me? O Clarence, you hurt my feelings so."
"Why, child, I——"
"I'm not a child, I'm a married woman, and I——"
"There, there, my pet. I——"
"No, no, Clarence, if I were your p—p—pet you'd——"
"But, Mabel, do be reasonable."
"O Clarence! don't speak to me so."
"Mable, be sensible, and——"
"Go on, Clarence, go on; break my heart."