Kitty: Ah! That would make no difference to Jem.
Lady Flo (impatient): I wish, darling, you would allow me to speak!
Kitty: Oh! I beg pardon.
Lady Flo (continuing, blandly): Not at all! Now, I replied: "The salmon has just fallen into the fire, and cook has had to send for another!"
Kitty: That was true?
Lady Flo: Not in the least! I had ordered red mullet. And Will ate his fish without noticing the difference.
Kitty: Jem would not have made that mistake.
Lady Flo: Oh, yes, he would, if you had just glanced at him in the right manner.
Kitty (eagerly): Show me how to do it!
Lady Flo (drily): It requires the inspiration of the moment. Ah! could you but see me with Will!