Sit down and rest yourself, Mercy Merrick." Deliberately giving her that name to her face, Mercy turned from her and took the chair which Grace had forbidden her to occupy when the interview began.

Grace started to her feet.
"What does this mean ?" she asked.
"It means," answered Mercy, contemptuously, "that I recall every word I said to you just now.

It means that I am resolved to keep my place in this house." "Are you out of your senses ?" "You are not far from the bell.

Ring it.

Do what you asked _me_ to do.
Call in the whole household, and ask them which of us is mad--you or I." "Mercy Merrick! you shall repent this to the last hour of your life!" Mercy rose again, and fixed her flashing eyes on the woman who still defied her.
"I have had enough of you!" she said.