You reproved me." "I'm very sorry if I did.

I'm always blundering." "Tell us what Lispenard said, Dorothy.

I'm curious myself." "May I, Mr.Stirling?
"I would rather not," said Peter.
And Dorothy did not tell him, but in the drawing-room she told Miss De Voe: "He said that except his professor of archaeology at Heidelberg, Mr.
Stirling was the nicest old dullard he'd ever met, and that he must be a very good chap to smoke with." "He said that, Dorothy ?" exclaimed Miss De Voe, contemptuously.
"Yes." "How ridiculous," said Miss De Voe.

"Lispenard's always trying to hit things off in epigrams, and sometimes he's very foolish." Then she turned to Miss Leroy.

"It was very nice, your knowing Mr.Stirling." "I only met him that once.