Slip of the tongue.

Please overlook it.
But, say, shall I call him up on the 'phone and head off the strike ?" "Anything, Mr.Britt, to get back our servants," said Lady Deppingham, who had come up with Mrs.Browne.
"I was just beginning to learn their names and to understand their English," lamented Mrs.Browne.
When Britt reappeared after a brief stay in the telephone booth he was perspiring freely, and his face was redder, if possible, than ever before.
"What did he say ?" demanded Mrs.Browne, consumed by curiosity.

Britt fanned himself for a moment before answering.
"He was very peremptory at first and very agreeable in the end, Mrs.
Browne.

I said we'd come down at four-thirty.

He asked me to bring some cigarettes.