Bessy's cheeks flushed a little at her thought being thus easily read.
"Well," said she, "yo' see, they thinken a deal o' money here; and I reckon yo've not getten much."
"No," said Margaret, "that's very true. But we are educated people, and have lived amongst educated people. Is there anything so wonderful, in our being asked out to dinner by a man who owns himself inferior to my father by coming to him to be instructed? I don't mean to blame Mr. Thornton. Few drapers' assistants, as he was once, could have made themselves what he is."
"But can yo' give dinners back, in yo're small house? Thornton's house is three times as big."

Bessy's cheeks flushed a little. 'Well, they thinken a deal o' money here, and I reckon yo've not getten much.'
'No,' said Margaret, 'that's very true. But we are educated people. Is there anything so strange in our being asked out to dinner by a man who comes to my father to learn? I don't mean to blame Mr. Thornton. Few drapers' assistants, as he was once, could have made themselves what he is.'
'But can yo' give dinners back, in your small house?'
