She says Lucy won't wash a dish without rinsin' it afterwards or sweep a room without carryin' all the furniture out into the yard; oh my, she says her ways is most awful an' I expect that, to Gran'ma Mullins, they are. "I cheered her all I could.

Gee, Florette wouldn't wear their clo'es to a dog fight!" "Nor I," said Madame d'Avala; "I love dogs." "I tole Miss Eva she ought to put peroxide in the rinsin' water for her hair like Florette useter, but it made her mad. I b'lieve in a woman fixin' herself up all she can, don't you?" asked Freddy earnestly. "Indeed, I do! But tell me, who is Florette?"

Ef Miss Di-an's a'goin ter start in ter be a she Atlas an' carry the world on her shoulders, she'll find I'm warranted ter wash an' not shrink in the rinsin'. I'm not a'goin ter be left behind, without I hev changed my name." Dyce kept the rooms in spotless order and waited upon the guests.