"I can, if I like."
"Well, was it?"
"I sha'n't tell you."
"Ah! that shows it wasn't."
"No, it doesn't."
"Yes, it does." Etc., etc., etc.
The direction of their daily walks was a fruitful subject of difference of opinion.
"Let's go on the Common to-day, nurse?"
"Oh, don't let's go there; we're always going on the Common."
"I'm sure we're not. We've not been there for ever so long."