'Some of these I'll mend now,' she said, 'and some I'll take home.

D'you know, I sit all day long at home doing nothing, just like a lady, and no more noticing them other girls in the house than if they was so many flies.

I don't have any unnecessary words, but I put 'em down quick, I can tell you, when they talk to me.
No; it's quite nice these days.

I lock my door, and they can only call me names through the keyhole, and I sit inside, just like a lady, mending socks.

Mr.Torpenhow wears his socks out both ends at once.' 'Three quid a week from me, and the delights of my society.