"A rotten temper," said he, "she gives back answers."
"Never," was Mrs. O'Reilly's wild exclamation.
"She scratches like a cat," said her husband.
"It's a falsehood," cried the lady, almost in tears.
"She is obstinate, sulky, stubborn and cantankerous."
"A tissue," said his wife. "An absolute tissue," she repeated with the
firmness which masks hysteria.