Mistress and Maid.
Dinah Mulock Craik.
Characters:
- Selina Leaf.
- Hilary Leaf.
Selina. I’m sure I don’t know how we are to manage with Elizabeth. That greedy—
Hilary. And growing—
S. I say that greedy girl eats as much as both of us. And as for her clothes—her mother doesn’t keep her decent.
H. She would find it hard on three pounds a year.
S. Hilary, how dare you contradict me? I am only stating a plain fact.