Miss Vernon made an impatient little gesture.
“Oh, those extra servants! They have ruined hundreds of happy homes.”
“Well, we have only got one now,” said Clare. “The other left last night, because she couldn’t get on with my mother-in-law.”
“They never can!” said Miss Vernon.
“Anyhow, Herbert doesn’t think it ladylike for me to do housework.”
Madge Vernon scoffed at the idea.
“Ladylike! Oh, this suburban snobbishness! How I hate the damn thing! Forgive my bad language, won’t you?”
“I like it,” said Clare.
Miss Vernon continued her cross-examination.
“Don’t you even make your own bed? It’s awfully healthy to turn a mattress and throw the pillows about.”