"Anything else?"
"Peggy will tumble off her bicycle and cut her knee."
"Anyhow, you can't spank her for that."
"And there will be a message from the kitchen to say that there are no mutton cutlets in England."
"You can eat beef or chicken."
"And Rosie will have to see the dentist, and Helen will want to go out to tea, and there will be holes in all their boots; and ladies whom I have never seen will call on you and will be shown in on me. Oh, it is a terrible prospect!"
"It does sound rather blood-curdling," she said.
"And, after all, why do you want to go to Violet's?"
"She asked me, you know. That's one reason. And I shall be able to look round for lodgings in August."
"Are we going to Sandy Bay in August?"