We've got our own hair on our heads, at any rate. (Drawing herself up suddenly in front of Mrs. Holroyd) An' I've been educated at a boarding school as good as anybody. I can behave myself either in the drawing-room or in the kitchen as is fitting and proper. But if you'd buried a husband like mine, you wouldn't feel you'd much left to be proud of—an' you might go off occasionally.

MRS. HOLROYD

I don't want to hear you.

CLARA (bobbing a curtsy)

Sorry I spoke.

[She goes out stiffly, followed by Laura.

HOLROYD (going forward)

You mun mind th' points down th' line.

CLARA'S VOICE

I thank thee, Charlie—mind thy own points.