What was the matter with them ?" "Everything, it seemed to me," answered Mrs.Tolbridge.

"Now here is Dora.

She was with me yesterday, and you can ask her about the women we saw." Miss Panney attached no value whatever to the opinions, in regard to domestic service, of the young lady who had just entered the room, and she asked her no questions.

Miss Bannister, however, did not seem in the least slighted, and sat down to join the chat.
"I suppose," said Miss Panney, sarcastically, "that you tried to find that woman that the doctor used to say he wanted: a woman who had committed some great crime, who could find no relief from her thoughts but in constant work, work, work." Mrs.Tolbridge smiled.
"No, I did not look for her; nor did I try to find the person who was of a chilly disposition and very susceptible to draughts.

We used to want one of that sort, but she should be a waitress.