— — A short laugh escaped his throat.
❝Keep the pleasantries for another
day, cousin. I’m only here to help Lucy
and Edmund move their things.❞
❝ ▬[y]ou had better not break anything! ❞
❝ Alberta has a nice vase there, and she
wouldn’t want any big oafs breaking it. ❞
Tread carefully, Eustace, for your mouth is
several yards ahead of your brain, and often
or not, “big oafs” have much over puny children.