They'd been with Mr.Fleming for some time, though not as long as Billy." "Oh, yes, Miss Neily--they had reasons you could choke a goat with," said Lizzie viciously as she arranged Miss Cornelia's transformation.
"Cook was the first of them--she was up late--I think they'd been talking it over together.

She comes into the kitchen with her hat on and her bag in her hand.

'Good morning,' says I, pleasant enough, 'you've got your hat on,' says I.

'I'm leaving,' says she.

'Leaving, are you ?' says I.