“Yes.”
“And got something from them?”
“Of course, James.”
“You shouldn’t go to such people.”
Her face was all sallow surprise.
“Why, they are quite respectable, and——”
“Respectable! Do you think I meant that! You know, Gertrude, you charitable people are desperately hard sometimes on the real poor.”
“What do you mean, James?”
“People like the Carfaxes ought not to be worried. You are so infernally energetic!”
“James, I protest!”