Some emporium, this! Introduce me to the proprietor, will you, Edna ?" Edna giggled.
"She isn't the proprietor," she said.

"She is just the clerk, that's all.

Her name is--I've forgotten your name, dear.

What is it ?" "Mary Lathrop," replied Mary-'Gusta, shortly.

She objected to being addressed as "dear" and she strongly objected to the patronizing tone in which it was uttered.