Petherwin!'
The subject of their dialogue was engaged in a conversation with
Mrs. Belmaine upon the management of households--a theme provoked by
a discussion that was in progress in the pages of some periodical of
the time. Mrs. Belmaine was very full of the argument, and went on
from point to point till she came to servants.
The face of Ethelberta showed caution at once.
'I consider that Lady Plamby pets her servants by far too much,'
said Mrs. Belmaine. 'O, you do not know her? Well, she is a woman
with theories; and she lends her maids and men books of the wrong
kind for their station, and sends them to picture exhibitions which
they don't in the least understand--all for the improvement of their
taste, and morals, and nobody knows what besides. It only makes
them dissatisfied.'
The face of Ethelberta showed venturesomeness. 'Yes, and dreadfully
ambitious!' she said.
'Yes, indeed. What a turn the times have taken! People of that
sort push on, and get into business, and get great warehouses, until
at last, without ancestors, or family, or name, or estate--'
'Or the merest scrap of heirloom or family jewel.'
'Or heirlooms, or family jewels, they are thought as much of as if
their forefathers had glided unobtruyilai:
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