"I'd let her do it like a flash if she wanted to, but--Oh, what's the use! You and I have queered ourselves forever, you with Brady and I with Lutie.

It's an infernal shame you didn't take Brady when you--" "Yes, we've queered ourselves," said she, struck by the phrase that fell from his lips.

It was not Anne's habit to use slang, but somehow George's way of putting the situation into words was so aggravatingly complete that she almost resented his prior use of an expression that she had never used before in her life.

It _did_ sum up the business, neatly and compactly.
Strange that she had never thought of that admirable word before! "And of the two of us, George, I am the worst offender.

I went about my mistake deliberately.