"When shall I go?" said Maria, sharply. "When it is time to get breakfast? or when the potatoes are on for dinner? or when I am taking the orders for tea? Don't be a goose, Matilda, if you can help it."
"We haven't much time," said Matilda, sighing.
"And I am not going to Lilac Lane, if I had it. There are enough other people to do that."
"O Maria!"
"Well, 'O Maria,'—there are."
"But they do not go."
"That's their look out."
"And, Maria, you see what Mr. Richmond thinks about the Dows."
"I don't see any such thing."
"You heard him to-night."