She didn't mention it.

All she said was that she had wiped me off the slate even as a friend." Craig laughed uproariously.

"THAT was how she did it--eh?
She's a deep one." "Josh," said Arkwright, "you need a wife, and she's it." "Right you are," exclaimed Craig heartily.

"I'm one of those surplus-steam persons--have to make an ass of myself constantly, indulging in the futility of blowing off steam.

Oughtn't to do it publicly--creates false impression.