“Don't be silly, Amy, darling.”
“I am quite in earnest, Anna, I really thought so.”
“Well, you thought wrong then, dear. There is no reason in the world why a dressmaker, if she is as rich as a Vanderbilt, should make Ina's wedding-clothes for nothing, and she won't.”
“Well, I suppose you are right, Anna, but what is to be done? How about Miss Sargent? She was very good.”
“Miss Sargent, Amy dear!”
“Do we own her much, Anna?”
“Owe her much? We owe her everything!”
“Madame Rogers?”
“Madame Rogers! The last time I asked her to do anything she insulted me. She told me to my face she did not work for dead-beats.”
“She was a very vulgar woman, Anna. I don't think I would patronize her under any circumstances.”