Talk:The Doorbell Rang
Chapter 2, page 15 (Bantam: 1992)
I raised one eyebrow, something he can’t do. “Sorry,” I said, perfectly friendly. “A souvenir?”
“No. Please sit down.”
I sat. “Have I missed something?”
“I doubt it. You seldom do.”
Chapter 2, page 16
“I’m often irrelevant. It confuses people.”
“You keep waving your legs around.”
“That confuses them too.”
“Pfui. You’re fidgety, and no wonder. I thought I knew you, Archie, but this is a new facet.”
Chapter 2, page 17
I clasped my hands behind my head and eyed him. "I still say you're cracked," I said, "and I deny that my tail was between my legs, since they were crossed, and it would be a ball to step aside and see how you went at it without me, but after all the years in the swim with you it would be lowdown to let you sink alone. If I get daunted along the way I'll let you know."
