"I'm not in love with him, Tishy dear."
"Didn't say you were, dear. But I suppose you don't know what he is, all the same." Which certainly seems inconsecutive, but we really cannot be responsible for the way girls talk.
"Don't know, and don't want to know. What is he?"
"He's from Cattley's." This throws a light on the conversation. It shows that Sally had told Lætitia who she was going to meet at her mother's next evening. Sally is not surprised.
"As if I didn't know all about this! As if he didn't tell me his story!"
"Like the mock-turtle in Alice?"
"Now, Tishy dear, is that an insinuation, or isn't it? Do be candid!"
"The mock-turtle told his story. Once, he was a real turtle."
"Very well, Tishy dear. That's as much as to say Julius Bradshaw is mock. I can't see where the mockness comes in myself. He told me all about it, plain enough."