No answer at first. Then Margaret forced out an icy "Do you?"
"Yes! I think he is really getting quite polished in his manners."
Margaret's voice was more in order now. She replied,
"He is very kind and attentive--there is no doubt of that."
"I wonder Mrs. Thornton never calls. She must know I am ill, because of the water-bed."
"I dare say, she hears how you are from her son."

Margaret forced out an icy 'Do you?'
'Yes! I think he is really getting quite polished in his manners.'
Margaret's voice was more in order now. She replied, 'He is very kind and attentive.'
'I wonder Mrs. Thornton never calls. She must know I am ill, because of the water-bed. 