She did it so her mother wouldn't hear, and say in English that she was telling an awful whopper.

Mr.Allen is no more engaged to Lucy Ayres than I am." Rose gazed at Sylvia with sudden eagerness.

"What makes you think so, Aunt Sylvia ?" "Nothing makes me think what I know.

Mr.Allen has never paid any attention to Lucy Ayres, beyond what he couldn't help, and she's made a mountain out of a mole-hill.

Lucy Ayres is man-crazy, that's all.
You needn't tell me." "Then you don't think-- ?" "I know better.