"You did it on purpose," she said.
"I did not," said Piers.
"You're very rude," she rejoined.
"No, I'm not," he protested.

"I'm sorry.

I hope you didn't value it for any particular reason.

I'll send you another from Paris." She spurned the broken thing with a careless gesture.

"Not you! You'd be afraid to." Piers' brows went up.