An' I don't see why she shouldn't," snorted the cook.
"I don't mean any--" "No offence being given none is taken," interrupted cook, who seemed fond of hearing her own wheezy voice.

"Emily Pill's my name, and I ain't ashamed of it, me having been cook to Miss Loach for years an' years and years.

But if you had wished to behave like a servant, as you are," added she with emphasis, "why didn't you run round by the veranda and so get to the back where the kitchen is.

But you're one of the new class of servants, Miss Grant, 'aughty and upsetting." "I know my place," said Susan, taking off her hat.
"And I know mine," said Emily Pill, "me being cook and consequently the mistress of this servants' 'all.

An' I'm an old-fashioned servant myself, plain in my 'abits and dress." This with a disparaging look at the rather smart costume of the newly-arrived housemaid.