"My love," said I, "it quite confuses me. I want to understand it, and I can't understand it at all."
"What?" asked Ada with her pretty smile.
"All this, my dear," said I. "It MUST be very good of Mrs. Jellyby to take such pains about a scheme for the benefit of natives--and yet--Peepy and the housekeeping!"
Ada laughed and put her arm about my neck as I stood looking at the fire, and told me I was a quiet, dear, good creature and had won her heart. "You are so thoughtful, Esther," she said, "and yet so cheerful! And you do so much, so unpretendingly! You would make a home out of even this house."

"My love," said I, "it quite confuses me. I can't understand it at all. It must be very good of Mrs. Jellyby to take such pains about the natives - and yet - Peepy and the housekeeping!"
Ada laughed and put her arm around me, and told me I was a quiet, dear, good creature.
"You are so thoughtful, Esther," she said, "and yet so cheerful! And you do so much! You would make a home out of even this house."
