Rose: Why, look who's here! I want you all to meet my mother, Mrs. Lindstrom. (loudly) This is Blanche and this is Dorothy and Sophia.
Dorothy: (loudly) Very nice to meet you. Tell me, how was your trip?
Mrs. Lindstrom: (loudly) It was just fine. (normally) Which one of them is hard of hearing?
Rose: Oh, no one is, Mother. We just didn't want you to have to strain to hear us.
Mrs. Lindstrom: But there's nothing wrong with my ears!
Rose: Of course there isn't.