'There's only four of us, Barbara,' said I.'Yes, Mrs.Ranger,' says she, 'four and me.' 'But how're you going to wait on the table and sit with us ?' says I, very kindly, for I step mighty soft with those people.

'Oh, I don't mind bouncin' up and down,' says she; 'I can chew as I walk round.' When I explained, she up and left in a huff.
'I'm as good as you are, Mrs.Ranger, I'd have you know,' she said, as she was going, just to set Mary afire; 'my father's an independent farmer, and I don't have to live out.

I just thought I'd like to visit in town, and I'd heard your folks well spoke of.

I'll get a place in the canning factory!' I wasn't sorry to have her go.

You ought to have seen the way she set the table!" "We'll have to get servants from the East," said Arthur.