"She said she would be much obliged if I would tap at the door before entering her room."
"The idea!"
"Oh, she is nice enough! I wish mother was not so set against her. I know she plays and sings, and I adore good music."
"You will be adoring her next."
"No, I will not, but I intend to use her when I can."
"What for?"
"To give me a little pleasure—to show me how to dress—to lend me books and music, and take me with her when she goes calling and shopping."
"I would not receive such favors from a person mother disliked so much."
"Mother never finds any one she likes, except the Campbelton people—frowsy, vulgar things, all of them; and I do think it was a shame to use Dora's dresses and furs and jewelry the way they did."
"Mother said it was right, and Robert seemed to think so also—that is, after mother had explained the subject to him."