"Don't mind me," said Gus.
"There was a big parade for Emmeline Pankhurst who came all the way from London to talk about woman suffrage, and I was as close as across this room from her. She looked like a fighter all right."
"She's a criminal," said Gus, "she oughta be hanged."
"She's a great leader and a fine woman," said Sarah, quietly. "They'll treat her like a real saint before she dies."
"And everybody was all aflutter about General Booth coming to town, and I went to a drama called 'Lead, Kindly Light.' It was awful uplifting."
When she couldn't think of another thing to tell them, Early Ann brought some packages to the table.
"This is for you, Mrs. Brailsford."
Sarah opened the pretty box with trembling fingers, saying, "You shouldn't have done it, Early Ann. I don't deserve a thing." And when she found silk stockings in the box she started to cry.
"Why, I never had a pair of silk stockings in my life," she said.