7/15 I think one reason for her feeling is that mother never does anything. You know she has never been used to do anything, and of late years she has not been well enough. La Fleur likes all that; she thinks it is a mark of high degree. She told me once that my mother was a lady who was born to be served, and who ought not to be allowed to serve herself." "She does not seem to object to your working," remarked the doctor. You know," continued Cicely, with a smile, "she is not so particular about me, for I have some trade blood. |