'Oh, you'll get over it, sweetheart, you'll get over it; it was only in fun, you know. Come, let's be going.'

'But wait, wait! The situation, you know. I want to give you the job,' said my man.

Well,' I said, 'I'm just as grateful as I can be, but really I don't want one.'

'But you can have the very choicest one I can give you.'

'Thanks again, with all my heart; but I don't even want that one.'

'Henry, I'm ashamed of you. You haven't thanked the good gentleman properly. May I do it for you?'

'Indeed, you shall, dear, if you can improve it. Let us see you try.'

She walked to my man, got up in his lap, put her arm round his neck, and kissed him right on the mouth. Then the two old gentlemen shouted with laughter, but I was dumbfounded, just petrified, as you may say.