"And did you both practise a little self-denial, and agree to give up something you were fond of?—sugar, for instance,—as I suggested?"
"Well, yes, auntie! Only it wasn't exactly sugar, you know! It was soap we agreed to give up!"
SUBTLE DISCRIMINATION
Ethel (to Jack, who has been put into the corner by the new governess). "I'm so sorry for you, Jack!"
Jack. "Bosh! who cares! This ain't a real corner, you know!"