"Well, you can't tell him that."
"No; I'll say this:
"'I wasn't very sociable, Sir, because I have been taught not to talk to strangers, but, of course, those rules, when made, did not know I would be obliged to run away.'"
"You weren't obliged to, Midget."
"Yes I was, King! I just simply couldn't stay here if I didn't belong, could I? Could you?"
"No, I s'pose not. I'd go off and go to work."
"Well, isn't that what I did?
"'But you were kind and good to me, Mr. Geary and Mrs. Geary Both, and I am very much obliged. I guess I didn't work very well for you, but I am out of practice, and I haven't much talent for houseworking, anyway. You seem to have, dear Mrs. Geary.'
"That's a sort of a compliment, King. Really, she isn't a very good housekeeper."