I acted right, did I not?
Of course, it was a mistake on your part ?" Mrs.Lander was never more completely out-generalled in her life.

The lady who had corrected her error was one in whose good opinion she had every reason for desiring to stand high.

She could grind the face of the poor without pity or shame, but for the world she would not be thought mean by Mrs.Brandon.
"I am very much obliged to you, indeed," she said with a bland smile.
"It was altogether a mistake on my part, and I blame the woman exceedingly for not having mentioned it at the time.

Heaven knows I am the last person in the world to grind the faces of the poor! Yes, the very last person.

Here is the money you paid for me, and I must repeat my thanks for your prompt correction of the error.