‘My dear aunt,’ I replied, ‘no one can form the least idea what she is!’
‘Ah!
And not silly?’ said my aunt.
‘Silly, aunt!’
I seriously believe it had never once entered my head for a single moment, to consider whether she was or not. I resented the idea, of course; but I was in a manner struck by it, as a new one altogether.
‘Not light-headed?’ said my aunt.
‘Light-headed, aunt!’ I could only repeat this daring speculation with the same kind of feeling with which I had repeated the preceding question.
‘Well, well!’ said my aunt.