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`` Oh , well , '' said Laurie with an assured shrug , `` That 's all right if I do n't mind , is n't it ? '' `` Well , no , '' said the minister smiling broadly now , `` You forget that she might mind , you know . '' `` I do n't get you , '' said Laurie looking puzzled as he fitted on his immaculate driving glove , `` She might mind , what do you mean ? '' `` I mean that my daughter minds very much indeed whether her men friends ask in a certain tone of voice for something to _ drink _ at midnight , and use language such as you used when you first arrived here , smoke continual cigarettes , and have friends like the young woman who visited you last Sunday . '' `` Oh ! I see ! '' laughed Laurie thoroughly amused , `` Well , after all , one does n't have to keep on doing all those things you know -- if it were worth one 's while to change them . ''