"Don't call her Miss, she is so mean and hateful."
"But that don't hinder her from being Miss Joseph; If she is rude and coarse, that is no reason why I should not have good manners."
"Oh, Mrs. Lasette you are too sweet for anything. I wish I was like you."
"Never mind my sweetness; that is not to the point. Will you listen to me, my dear?"
"Of course I will. I could listen to you all night."
"Well, if it were not for signs there's no mistaking I should think you had a lot of Irish blood in your veins, and had kissed the blarney stone."
"No I haven't and if I had I would try to let——"
"Hush, my child; how you do rattle on. Do you think because Miss Joseph is white that she is any better than you are."
"No, of course not."
"But don't you think that she can see and hear a little better than you can?"