Somehow the table chat livens up a lot soon after that.
"On With Torchy"
Sewell Ford
There's always a neighbor to give you a jug of boiling water, if you've no time for fire, or it's summer, and tea livens you up a bit where a herring won't.
"Prisoners of Poverty Abroad"
Helen Campbell
"Of course he ain't the mixer the Judge is, but he livens up quite some, now and then.
"Ruggles of Red Gap"
Harry Leon Wilson