Me mither used to say it was the housekeeping qualities that should decide, and she told me to call upon 'em sometime when they was n't expecting me, and obsarve the manner in which they handled things.

Wal, Bridget was the first one that I sneaked in upon.

I heard a thumping noise as I drew near, as though something was tumbling about the floor, and when I peeped through the door, I saw that Bridget and her mother was having a delightful love-pat.
They was banging and whaling each other round the room, and, as the old lady had her muscle well up, it was hard to tell which was coming out ahead.

Of course, my sympathies were with the lovely Bridget, and I was desirous that she should win--but I didn't consider it my duty to interfere.

I supposed the old lady had been trying to impose too much work on Bridget, and, therefore, she had rebelled, and was lambasting her for the same.