"Why—why not?"
"Cards! And I just came from bible-class!"
"What in the world has that got to do with it?"
"Everything!"
"Why, the Doctor and I used—"
"That doesn't make it any better."
"Why, Julia, you can't possibly mean that there's any harm,—that,—that it's wicked—"
"I think we'd better drop the subject, Sophia," said Julia loftily.
"But I don't want to drop the subject!" exclaimed Mrs. Maybury. "I don't want you to think that the Doctor would—"
"I can't help what the Doctor did. I think cards are wicked! And that's enough for me!"