" This tickled Mr. Sloppy as an extraordinarily good joke, and he threw back his head and laughed with measureless enjoyment.

"Oh!" cried Sloppy in a burst of admiration.

Neither was she one of those managerial and magnificent blonde beings occasionally encountered in hotel corridors, engaged in addressing strident remarks to a damp and crawling huddle of calico that is doing something sloppy to the woodwork.

Together we splashed into the broken-bricked alley that was sloppy with melting spring sleet.