Suppose we go to the store while he is away, and buy him a pair." "Won't he need to try them on ?" asked her sister.
"No," said Priscilla.

"They don't need to fit as exactly as boots." So the two sisters made their way to the village store, and asked to look at their stock of skates.
"Are you going to skate, Miss Priscilla ?" asked the shopkeeper, jocosely.
"No; they are for Sophia," answered Priscilla, who could joke occasionally.
"Oh, Priscilla," answered the matter-of-fact Sophia, "you didn't tell me about that.

I am sure I could not skate.

You said they were for Andrew." "Sophia, you are a goose." "Just so." "It was only a joke." "Just so." The ladies, who never did things by halves, selected the best pair in the store, and paid for them.

When Andy had returned from skating, Priscilla said: "How did you like the skating, Andrew ?" "It was bully," said Andrew, enthusiastically.
"Whose skates did you borrow ?" "Alfred Parker's.