She was about to exclaim: "Mind your business!" but changed her mind.

"Yes, I presume so," was her answer, as she ascended to her room.

If a single poor "at home" was to be commented on by servants, things were coming to a pretty pass.

She waited until the next week to see whether this was the weather or a real change in public sentiment.

It was worse than the one before.
The singers she had engaged had to be dismissed without performing the service for which they had come.