I like pluck in man or woman." "I shouldn't encourage her if I were you, Mr.Wrenn," said Cousin Pussy, almost forgetting to be indirect.
"Well, of course, I don't approve of that store business," replied Jimmy, deprecatingly, "but I can't help liking pluck when I see it.

Look here, Gabriella, if you're bent on working, why don't you turn in and teach ?" "Yes, let her teach by all means," agreed Uncle Meriweather, with genuine enthusiasm for the idea.

"I've always regarded teaching as an occupation that ought to be restricted by law to needy ladies." "But I can't teach, I don't know enough, and, besides, I'd hate it," protested Gabriella.
"I'm sure you might start a school for very little children," said Mrs.
Carr.

"You don't have to know much, to teach them, and you write a very good hand." "What about plain sewing ?" asked Pussy in her ready way.

"Couldn't you learn to make those new waists all the girls are wearing ?" "I haven't the patience to sew well.