I'm a man, and a man has a right to demand a totally different treatment." "Why has he ?" "What ?" "I don't seem to be able to understand you at all, George.

Why shouldn't a boy be treated just as well as a man ?" George seemed to find himself at a loss.

"Why shouldn't--Well, he shouldn't, because a man has a right to certain explanations." "What explanations ?" "Whether he's been made a toy of!" George almost shouted.

"That's what I want to know!" Lucy shook her head despairingly.

"You are the queerest person! You say you're a man now, but you talk more like a boy than ever.