`` begging your pardon , sir , but i have already informed him that you were unavailable . that was another of tabithas habits that her aunt had never been able to cure . prudence : oh , timothy , i am so sorry to have awakened you from slumber ! he gave her one of those wicked looks and stole her towel , sliding it off her to the floor . most in the town saw that . rita will make a cake , but it wont be big . 