It would have been kind in Mr.Dalmain to have let that ball pass, anyway." "Yes, wouldn't it ?" said Billy earnestly.

"But you see, Dal is not naturally kind.

Now, if I had been playing against Ronnie, I should have let those over-hand balls of his pass long ago." "I am sure you would," said Mrs.Parker Bangs, approvingly; while Jane leaned over, at Myra's request, and pinched Billy.
Slash went Ronnie's racket.

"Deuce! deuce!" shouted half a dozen voices.
"They shouldn't say that," remarked Mrs.Parker Bangs, "even if they are mad about it." Billy hugged his knees, delightedly; looking up at her with an expression of seraphic innocence.
"No.

Isn't it sad ?" he murmured.