Ebbsmith.
[Alarmed.] But, Agnes! Think what you are doing. You don’t want to offend these people. Spencer and Thornton are useful men to know, and Jawkins puts a lot of work in my way.
Agnes.
[With magnificent scorn.] How like a man! And so I am to be civil to this Jawkins person because he “puts a lot of work in your way!”
Ebbsmith.
[Meekly.] Well, you know, my dear, I have to make an income somehow.
Agnes.
I would sooner starve than resort to such truckling!
Ebbsmith.