"You would have to if you were a Japanese," insisted Jean.
"I think we will leave Jack here for a year in a Japanese household," remarked Mary Lee.
Jack made a face at her. "I'd run away," she said.
"Where?" said Mary Lee teasingly.
"Oh, I would throw myself upon the mercies of the American legation and get the chief to let me marry one of his nice attachés," returned Jack.
Mary Lee did not pursue the subject, but turned to Jean to ask, "Does Ko-yeda do anything about the house?"
"Oh, yes, though there isn't so very much to do; not near so much as in our homes. She always serves tea when there is extra company, and when her father has a particular guest she waits on them, not because there are no servants nor because they don't know how, but because it is considered the thing to serve the two, or three, or whatever number of men with their meal separately, and it is more hospitable and courteous to have it served by one of the ladies of the family."
"That is something the way they do in provincial districts at home," remarked Nan.
"What do the maids do?" inquired Mary Lee.