"Found out, I mean," said Mrs. Pardiggle, "the prominent point in my character. I am aware that it is so prominent as to be discoverable immediately. I lay myself open to detection, I know. Well! I freely admit, I am a woman of business. I love hard work; I enjoy hard work. The excitement does me good. I am so accustomed and inured to hard work that I don't know what fatigue is."
We murmured that it was very astonishing and very gratifying, or something to that effect. I don't think we knew what it was either, but this is what our politeness expressed.

"Well! I freely admit it, I am a woman of business," announced Mrs. Pardiggle. "I love hard work; I enjoy hard work. The excitement does me good. I don't know what fatigue is."
We murmured that it was very astonishing and gratifying, or something to that effect.
