I was well enough, if I could ha' let well alone; but I made a mistake, and paid for it; and what's more, I'm paying for it yet.

'Taint _my_ fault, that Hephzibah sits there cuttin' rags, instead of going to school." Again Daisy did not feel herself called upon to decide on the mistakes of Mrs.Harbonner's past life; and she sat patiently waiting for something else that she could understand.
"What are you come to see me for now ?" said the lady.

"I suppose you're going to tell me you haven't got no work for me to do, and I must owe you for that ham ?" "I have got something for you to do," said Daisy.

"The boy has got it at the gate.

The housekeeper found some clothes to make--and you said that was your work." "Tailoring," said Mrs.Harbonner.