B. Thank you, but there’s no need. We leave that for the servants.
E. How many helps do you keep?
B. There are four, I believe.
E. And how many have you in family?
B. (smiling). Four persons.
E. (in assumed amazement). Well, that beats all that ever I heard. What do they all do?
B. We have a cook, housemaid, chambermaid, and seamstress, and they all seem to find enough to occupy their time.
(Bell rings.)
E. What’s that bell for?
B. (rising). That is to call us to dinner.