"I s'pose she's thinking about that rag-bag last summer--how Jennie Vance no business to take those three dollars out of the saddle-bag pockets! Grandma said, 'You're welcome to all you can find.' Well, but that didn't mean for Jennie to steal! Prudy needn't go to thinking this is the same kind of a thing, for it isn't.

I guess stealing is pretty different from borrowing." Dotty viewed herself in the glass with secret satisfaction.

She really looked like a Fourth of July fantastic; but we do not see ourselves as others see us.
"She won't be the least help to me about the house," thought Prudy, with a feeling of envy.

"I shall have every single thing to do; and I declare I don't know what to get for dinner." She chose the worst looking wrapper her aunt's wardrobe afforded, and a gingham apron with pockets.

Quite good enough for a woman keeping house without a servant.