She herself is English, and she has told me about some of the great families she and her husbands lived with." "Kitty," said Miss Panney, "I should think she was trying to impose upon you with a made-up story; but after that luncheon I will believe anything she says about her opportunities.

How in the world did you get such a woman to come to you ?" "Oh, the whole business of engaging her was very simple," answered Mrs.Tolbridge.

"Her last husband left her some money, and she came to this country on a visit to relatives, but she loved her art so much, she said--" "Did she call it art ?" asked Miss Panney.
"Yes, she did--that she felt she must cook, and she lived for some time with a family named Drane, in Pennsylvania, with whom the doctor used to be acquainted.

She had a letter from them which fully satisfied me.
On her part she said she would be content with the salary I paid my last cook." "Did she call it salary ?" exclaimed the old lady.
"That was the word she used," answered Mrs.Tolbridge, "and as I said before, the only question she asked was whether or not my husband was in trade." "What did that matter ?" asked the other.
"It seemed to matter a great deal.

She said she had never yet lived with a tradesman, and never intended to.