" If you talk so, I won't tell you any more, " she returned peevishly, rising to her feet. " I accepted him, Nelly. Be quick, and say whether I was wrong! "
Not being able to get an answer from Mr. B., the figure turned peevishly to Mr. Glidden, and in a preemptory tone demanded in general terms what we all meant.
`If you talk so, I won't tell you any more, ' she returned peevishly, rising to her feet. `I accepted him, Nelly. Be quick, and say whether I was wrong! '
" What do you want here, " it cried quite peevishly, " getting in my way" ? and it tried to drop Tom: but he held on tight to its claws, thinking himself safer where he was.