"Of course, I know that it's Bruce you come to see.

I wish you would prescribe him a temper tonic.

He needs one badly, don't you, Bruce?
So Granny Stubbs has given you the slip, has she?
How impertinent of her! Aren't you very angry ?" Max shrugged his shoulders with a glance at Olga's tight lips.

"I never expend my emotions in vain," he said.

"It's a waste of time as well as energy, and I have other purposes for both." "Then you are never angry ?" enquired Violet.
"Never, unless I can punish the offender," smiled Max.
"How frightfully practical! Dear me! I shall have to be exceedingly careful not to offend you.