The inspector was taking his time to inspect the baby, to see if it is normal.
'I know,''but I had to, Emily. I had to. Iheard your baby had come early, so I — oh, there she is! Oh, she's lovely, Emily. She's a lovely baby.'
Mine's lovely, too, isn't she? Isn't she a lovely darling?'
Why, Harriet!', ' So soon! You don't mean to say you've brought a tiny baby all that way!'
'She was born a week ago. I didn't know what to do. Then when I heard your baby had come early and was a girl, too, it was like God answering a prayer.'
'You've got the certificate for her?'
' Of course.'
'Harriet!', 'Are you going to tell me that you have not got a certificate?' ' Harriet, let me see that child — properly.'
' It's such a little thing, you see. It's nothing much.'
'Monster!', 'Oh! Oh! Oh! ...
' No wonder you didn't dare to call the inspector.'
'Nothing much!' 'You have the effron-tery to bring your monster into my house, and tell me it's nothing much!'