Gertrude. Miss Steele, why do folks call it Saint Valentine's day?
Miss Steele. Do not say folks, Gertrude. It is inelegant. There was a saint named Valentine once, I suppose.
Ada. Did you ever get a valentine, Miss Steele?
Miss Steele. I? Oh no—that is, not lately. I suppose when I was young and foolish I did such things.
Mary Ann (with mock reverence and admiration). I'm sure, ma'am, now, you were never young and foolish.
Enter Georgiana with a blue shawl.
Miss Steele (wrathfully). Did I ever see such idiotic behavior, such extraordinary conduct? Did I say one thing about a blue shawl? Wasn't it a white shawl I sent you for? Explain, miss.
Georgiana. Thith ith what wath in the left-hand corner of the upper drawer of the wath-thand.
Miss Steele. Wash-stand? I said bureau.
Georgiana. I didn't hear you thay bureau.