"Can you get a girl by that time ?" "That leaves me only two days, Mary; I'm afraid not." Mary looked unamiable enough at this answer.

We said no more to each other.

In the afternoon I went to the city to find a new domestic, if possible, but returned unsuccessful.
Saturday came, and to my surprise and trouble, Mary persisted in going away.

So I was left, with my family of six persons, without any domestic at all.
Sunday proved to me any thing but a day of rest.

After washing and dressing the children, preparing breakfast, clearing away the table, making the beds, and putting the house to order, I set about getting dinner.