Bessie Bell looked and thought, but she could not tell just exactly what this lady was.
It was best that she should ask, and then she would surely know.
So she asked: "Are you a Lady, ma'am?"
"I hope so, little girl," the lady said.
"I thought, maybe, you were a Sister," said Bessie Bell.
"No," said the lady.
"Like Sister Mary Felice, and Sister Angela, and Sister Helen Vincula," said Bessie Bell.
"No," said the lady.
"Are you a Mama, then?" asked Bessie Bell.
The lady looked as if she were going to cry.