"I forgot to tell you last night. They won't blame you but me; there is the trouble. I hate to have the Master come around, and find fault."
"Are you afraid of him?"
"No! I'm not a prisoner; but I always feel uncomfortable where he is, don't you?"
"I have only seen him once or twice; and then I was very much inclined to laugh at the pompous airs he put on; but a sense of propriety restrained me."
"I had a great deal rather not see him, especially, when he comes to find fault."
"He ought not to find fault with you in this instance. You are under no obligation to teach me the duties of my department. If you attend to the work in your own you do your duty."
"I know that, but I can't help myself. He says I am here to do whatever he orders me, and that I must do it if I stay. I am a widow, and have a boy to support, so I try to do all I can."
"He knows that?"
"Yes, they all know it."
"And he takes advantage of it to compel you to do his wife's work while he gets the pay for it."