Do you mean to say that he never helps with the milking ?" "Oh, never," said Dorothea.
"Our men don't do women's work," said Ernest.

"It is not the German way.
It is not fitting." "And what about women doing men's work ?" said Larry.

"It seems to me I have seen German women at work in the fields up in the Settlement." "I have no doubt you have," replied Ernest stiffly.

"It is the German custom." "You make me tired," said Larry, "the German custom indeed! Does that make it right ?" "For us, yes," replied Ernest calmly.
"But you are Canadians, are you not?
Are there to be different standards in Canada for different nationalities ?" "Oh, the Germans will follow the German way.

Because it is German, and demonstrated through experience to be the best.