"I don't know about that. The old woman wasn't very complimentary."
"Be careful how you speak of her. She might hear you, or the servants might, and report."
"Well, she is an old woman, isn't she?"
"It is much better to refer to her as the old lady—better still to speak of her as Aunt Eliza."
"I hope she will make up her mind to do something for me."
"She has; she gives you a home in this house."
"I would a good deal rather have her pay my board outside, where I would feel more independent."
"I have been thinking, Warner, you might become her secretary and man of business. In that case she would dispense with this boy, whose presence bodes danger to us all."
"I wouldn't mind being her man of business, to take charge of her money, but as to trotting round town with her like a tame poodle, please excuse me."
"Warner," said his sister, rather sharply, "just remember, if you please, that beggars can't be choosers."