" Artie was silent as they left the room. Then...she asked, "Did you have a piglet when you were a little boy?"
"I had a donkey, Thaddeus replied.
..Artie bent her knees in the approximation of a curtsy. "Good afternoon. I would like a donkey she told him. "For my birthday..."
"I'll consider it," Thaddeus said gravely.
Artie turned to Joan. "And those-" she said , pointing to Joan's breeches. I want those."
Joan..."I'll consider it," she said, stealing Thaddeus's line.
Artie squinted at them, and then, in a magnificent approximation of Aunt Knowe's voice said, "See that you do."
Joan was still gaping after her little sister....when she realized Thaddeus was laughing again. Bellowing with laughter.
"She's the picture of your Aunt Knowe, he said..
I agree, Joan said, And: "You're laughing again!"
"I laugh around you," he said, his voice as rough as his kiss. "

― Eloisa James , Wilde Child (The Wildes of Lindow Castle, #6)