"No, no, not that; but do take to croquet. I will send you Jenning's poem if you like. I have a manuscript copy."
"Is he a great friend of yours?"
"Well, rather."
"Oh, if he is only rather, I think I will decline. Or, if you send it to me, will you promise not to catechise me upon it and ask me which part I like best? Because it is not so easy to know a poem without reading it as to know a sermon without listening."
"Decidedly," Mrs. Arrowpoint thought, "this girl is double and satirical. I shall be on my guard against her."

"Decidedly," Mrs. Arrowpoint thought, "this girl is satirical. I shall be on my guard against her."
