Naive
“I’m sorry daddy actually I was listening”
“Yes go on Mummy”
“Rather excited”
Assertive
“I’ll tell you - whoever that inspector was, it was anything but a joke”
“If you want to know, its you two being childish”
insightful
“Thats what I meant when i talked about building up a wall that’s sure to be knocked flat. It makes it all harder to bear”
“why you fool - he knows. Of course he knows”
“No. he’s giving us the rope - so that we’ll hang ourselves