“Do you always eat so late?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“Because of the work.”
“You have to wait on the older people first while they eat?”
“Yes.”
“And then comes your turn?”
“Yes!”
“Did you know that in the city the women-servants and men-servants eat together?”
She covered her mouth with her hand, and one half her nose, turned her head to one side, smiled shamefacedly and shrugged her shoulders.