“And while I think of it, I wish you would use a little sense and thought over things in the kitchen,” he said.
“Sense and thought? And don’t I, then? Do you mean to say things are worse now than before?”
“I found the dust-bin full of good food yesterday.”
“If only you wouldn’t go interfering with everything....”
“I found a dish of cream from the dinner the other day.”
“Well, the maids had been at it, and I didn’t care to use it after them.”
“I found a lot of rice as well.”
“It was the milk had turned, and spoiled it. I couldn’t help that, could I?”
“One day I found a boiled egg, with the shell off, in the dust-bin.”