If you flatter your mother a bit she might invite us all to dinner.
你如果多奉承你母亲几句话,说不定她会把我们全部请去吃饭。
Good morning, dear.
早,亲爱的。
The guests had, of course, realized this from the moment Bessie opened the door for them and, long before the final catastrophe, had had a difficult time trying to conceal their amusement.