Band books

"
Miss Panney turned toward Mrs. Tolbridge, sat up very straight in her
chair, and glared.
"Was not this the very woman you were looking for? Why didn't you
take her?"
"Take her!" repeated Mrs. Tolbridge, with some irritation. "What could I
do with a woman like that? She would want enormous wages. She would have
to have kitchen maids, and I know not whom, besides, to wait on her; and
as for our plain style of living, she could not be expected to stand
that. She would be entirely out of place in a house like this."
"Her looks were enough to settle her case," said Dora. "You never saw
such an old witch; she would frighten the horses."
"Kitty Tolbridge," said Miss Panney, severely, "did you ask that woman if
she wanted high wages, if she required kitchen maids, if she would be
satisfied to cook for your family?"
"No, I didn't," said the other; "I knew it was of no use. It was plain to
see that she would not do at all."
"Did you get her address?"
"Yes," said Dora; "she gave me a card as we were going out, and insisted
on my taking it.


Pages:
88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112