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"I just asked about him for--for references. You
know what you're gettin', an' I got a right to know what I'm
gettin'."
"You have: so please remember that you are getting a considerable
portion of the Champneys money for doing what you're told to do,"
said he.
"I never knew till you told me so that the Champneyses had any
money. But if it's there, I'm willing to do what I'm told, for my
share. Why not? There ain't nothin' better for me, nowheres, nohow."
"I am to understand, then, that you agree?"
"What else can I do but agree?" she asked, twisting a fold of her
apron.
The parlor door opened with violence; a thick-set man with a bald
head and a red face, followed by a shrewish, thin woman with pinched
lips, appeared on the threshold.
"I s'pose," said the woman, with elaborate courtesy, "we kin come
in our own parler, Miss Simms? Has you resigned your job that you
gotta pick out the parler to set in whilst I'm doin' your work for
you?"
Nancy's visitor rose, and at sight of the tall old gentleman an avid
curiosity appeared in both vulgar faces.


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