“And what else did you do?”
“All the bigger girls made the beds and twice a week brushed up the floors, and every little while you went in the kitchen for a week and helped with the cooking so you would know how to work. When you were twelve they bound you out and you had to stay until you were eighteen.”
“But didn’t you study any?”
“Oh, yes, there was school every day.”
“And did you get bound-out?”
“Yes.” She flushed a little.
“But you did not stay?”
“Oh, tell papa about the babies,” cried Edith. 272
“And did you ever notice the Campbell’s soup little girl with her round eyes?”
“Who gets fat on eating soup? Yes,” and he laughed.