“How much I am obliged to you,” said he, “for telling me to come today!⁠—If it had not been for you, I should certainly have lost all the happiness of this party. I had quite determined to go away again.”

“Yes, you were very cross; and I do not know what about, except that you were too late for the best strawberries. I was a kinder friend than you deserved. But you were humble. You begged hard to be commanded to come.”

“Don’t say I was cross. I was fatigued. The heat overcame me.”

“It is hotter today.”

“Not to my feelings. I am perfectly comfortable today.”

“You are comfortable because you are under command.”

“Your command?⁠—Yes.”