"Oh!" Dick sneered more moderately, "we all know you like Kit Pott. You and he had better get hitched; then, you'd be pot-hooks."
This set everybody to laughing, even Dirk's adversary, Bob Trotter.
"Pretty bright!" said Julius Zink.
"Bright, but not pretty," said Mat Snead, blushing at the sound of her voice.
"Hurrah! Mat's waked up," said Julius.
"It's the first time she's spoken since we started," said Sarah Ketchum.
"This isn't the first time you've spoken," Mat quietly retorted, blushing over again.
Everybody laughed again, even Sarah Ketchum.
"Sarah always puts in her oar when there's any water," said Constance Faber.
"I want to know how long we're to sit here, standing in the middle of the road," said Julius.