He curled a finger to it and called, "Tweet! Tweet!" a bit of comedy poignantly relished by the donor of the bird.
His father now ceremoniously conducted Mrs.Penniman to what he spoke of as the banqueting hall.

He made almost a minuet of their progress.
Under one arm he carried his bird to place it on the table, where later during the meal he would convulse the Wilbur twin by affecting to feed it bits of bread.

Winona still hungered for details of the day's tragedy, but Dave must talk of other things.

He talked far too much, the judge believed.

He had just made the invalid uncomfortable by disclosing that the Ajax Invigorator had an alcoholic content of at least fifty-five per cent.