Do you suppose that a woman of my years and experience would make no better
provision for the future than a man's changeful mind--a warped and undeveloped
mind, at that? No; I have an agreement with Mr. Holcroft. I shall be a
member of his household for three months at least, and long before that he
will begin to see everything in a new light. It will gradually dawn upon him
that he has been defrauded of proper female influence and society. Now, he is
crude, he thinks only of work and accumulating; but when the work is done by a
menial female's hands and his mind is more at rest, there will begin to steal
in upon him the cravings of his mind. He will see that material things are
not all in all."

"P'raps he will. I don't half know that you're talkin' about. 'Fi's you, I'd
learn to work and do things as he wants 'em. That's what I'm going to do.
Shall I go now and make up his bed and tidy his room?"

"I think I will accompany you, Jane, and see that your task is properly
performed."

"Of course you want to see everythin' in the room, just as I do."

"As housekeeper, I should see everything that is under my care. That is the
right way to look at the matter."

"Well, come and look then."

"You are becoming strangely disrespectful, Jane."

"Can't help it," replied the girl, "I'm gettin' mad. We've been elbowed
around long's I can remember, at least I've been, and now we're in a place
where we've a right to be, and you do nothin' but talk, talk, talk, when he