"How much butter did you put in?" said Mr. Van Brunt, who had come in, and stood looking on.
"Butter!" said Ellen, looking up; "oh, I forgot all about it
I ought to have put that in, oughtn't I? I'm sorry!"
"Never mind," said Mr. Van Brunt " 'tain't worth your being sorry about. Here Nancy clean us off this spider, and we'll try again."
At this moment Miss Fortune was heard screaming; Ellen ran up.
"What did she want?" said Mr. Van Brunt, when she came down again.
"She wanted to know what was burning."
"Did you tell her?"
"Yes."
"Well, what did she say?"
"Said I mustn't use any more eggs without asking her."