“Catherine Hughes.”
“How old are you?”
“Fifteen after three twenties.”
“I have a mother three after four twenties; that is eight years older than yourself.”
“Can she see?”
“Better than I—she can read the smallest letters.”
“May she long be a comfort to you!”
“Thank you—are you the mistress of the house?”
“I am the grandmother.”
“Are the people in the house?”