“Fresh air and human beings.”
“You have them here.”
She shook her head. The tears rose in her throat, and were very hard to choke down again.
“It’s the dismallest place I ever came to; and I’m no use. The people here always contradict me.”
“You are the first person who has ever complained of them; and your opinion goes for nothing, your own conduct leaves so much to be desired.”
“In what way?”
“In my time I have experienced much ingratitude, but never any quite to equal yours.”
“I—ungrateful?”
“Most decidedly!”
“What are you wanting from me?”