How unconvincing. Try again.

“....called to give you the good news. I asked our daughter to marry me and she …”

“I was thrown into a state of sheer, mindless panic. “It’s my mother!” I whisper…”

“Then, when people saw you strolling around at high noon holding your rosary bea…”

“If I’d known you were such a lush, I’d have given you the cheap stuff. Going to…”