All day long Mrs. Blake had pushed at what she called her duties. Evening found her a very weary woman, with worn-out servants.
"Mrs. Blake do fuss and scold that much, that I shall be after leavin' soon. I could never stan' many more weeks of this, Nora." So Therese complained to the cook, after being sent a dozen times to the kitchen with orders, many of which were unnecessary.
"Sure, an' she'll do her own cookin' for all me," returned Nora. "Nothin' ever plazes her. She dunnow right when she has it, that she don't, Therese, an' it wud only serve her right for us both to lave with her expicted company, and see thin who she 'll find fault wid."
