"Have you tried for one?"
"No."
"Then what are you about?"
"Oh! My father left me a little money--very little, but I'm not starving."
"So I should judge.... Well, tell me all about it."
"I didn't mean to be rude to her--really I didn't. It was about a small bill of Lord Mackworth's."
She related the episode in detail, repeating the conversation with marvellous exactitude, but with too many "she saids, she saids" and "I saids, I saids." Mr. Grig laughed when she came to the offer to pay the bill herself, and after a moment she gave a slight responsive smile. She was very careful not to make or even to imply the least charge against Miss Grig, and she accomplished the duplicity with much skill.
"I can promise you one thing," said Mr. Grig. "The moment I get back I'll see that Milly is sacked. I cannot stick that bag of bones."
"Please don't!"
"You don't want me to?"