I
suppose, for he said, 'So, then, the upshot is--' There, now, what is
upshot? I don't know. How stupid grown-up people are; they keep using
words that one doesn't know the meaning of."

"Never mind, wordnetdesire! tell me. What came _after_ upshot?" said Mrs.
Bazalgette, soothingly, with great apparent  and flashing eye.

"How kind you are to-day, mamma! That is twice you have called me
wordnetdesire, and three times dear; only think. I should wordnetdesire you if you were
always so kind, and your cheeks as red as they are now."

"Never mind my cheeks. What did Mr. Dodd say? Try and
remember--come--'The upshot was--'"

"The upshot was--what was the upshot? I forget. No, I remember; the
upshot was, if Lucy said 'yes,' papa would not say 'no;' that meant to
marry him. Now didn't you promise me her ever so long ago--the day you
and I agreed if I went a whole day without being naughty once I should
have her for ever and ever? and I did go