"But I have given up talking to you, old fellow, years and years," said Mrs. Bagnet as she blew a little dust off the pickled pork, looking at me again; "and when ladies and gentlemen know you as well as I do, they'll give up talking to you too. 
"But I have given up talking to you, old fellow," said Mrs. Bagnet, looking at me again; "and when ladies and gentlemen know you as well as I do, they'll give up talking to you too. 