The barber was very kind about it, but Penrod----" "I tell you he's a lunatic!" Mr.Schofield would have said the same thing of a Frenchman infuriated by the epithet "camel." The philosophy of insult needs expounding.
"SH!" said Mrs.Schofield.

"It does seem a kind of frenzy." "Why on earth should any sane person mind being called----" "SH!" said Mrs.Schofield.

"It's beyond ME!" "What are you SH-ing me for ?" demanded Mr.Schofield explosively.
"SH!" said Mrs.Schofield.

"It's Mr.Kinosling, the new rector of Saint Joseph's." "Where ?" "SH! On the front porch with Margaret; he's going to stay for dinner.

I do hope----" "Bachelor, isn't he ?" "Yes." "OUR old minister was speaking of him the other day," said Mr.
Schofield, "and he didn't seem so terribly impressed." "SH! Yes; about thirty, and of course so superior to most of Margaret's friends--boys home from college.