"This absurd air of authority—"
"But you look—"
"We won't discuss how I look. Where is Miriam?"
"I don't know. Yes, I do. She went to Brent Farm to get some cream. Zeb—He says you're to have cream."
Mildred made a movement which was meant to express baffled patience. "I have tried to persuade you not to use pronouns instead of proper names. Can't you hear how vulgar it is?"
"Dr. Mackenzie wishes you to have cream," Helen said meekly.
"I do not need cream, and his visits are becoming quite unnecessary."
"So he said today."
"Oh."
"But I," Helen said, smiling to herself, "wish him to come."