Then Mrs.Hobbs combed and braided what she called her "pigtails" and tied a bow of black ribbon at the end of each.
"There!" exclaimed the lady.

"You're clean for once in your life, anyhow.

Now hurry up and put on them things on the bed." The things were Mary-'Gusta's very best shoes and dress; also a pair of new black stockings.
When the dressing was finished the housekeeper stood her in the middle of the floor and walked about her on a final round of inspection.
"There!" she said again, with a sigh of satisfaction.

"Nobody can say I ain't took all the pains with you that anybody could.

Now you come downstairs and set right where I tell you till I come.