"When did you blow in, and where from?"
"I came to see Mr. Cameron last night, and he made me stay."
"A friend of Willy's! Well, I guess you needn't pay for your
breakfast by cooking it. Mother's probably run out for something
--she never has anything in the house--and is talking somewhere.
I'll take that fork."
But Ellen proceeded to turn the ham.
"I'll do it," she said. "You might spoil your hands."
But Edith showed no offense.
"All right," she acceded indifferently. "If you're going to eat it
you'd better cook it. We're rotten housekeepers here."
"I should think, if you're going to keep boarders, somebody would
learn to cook. Mr. Cameron's mother is the best housekeeper in town,
and he was raised on good food and plenty of it."
Her tone was truculent. Ellen's world, the world of short hours and
easy service, of the decorum of the Cardew servants' hall, of luxury
and dignity and good pay, had suddenly gone to pieces about her.
She was feeling very bitter, especially toward a certain chauffeur
who had prophesied the end of all service. He had made the statement
that before long all people would be equal. There would be no above
and below-stairs, no servants' hall.
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