"Have you met with a servant, dear?"
"No, mamma; that Anne Buckley would never have done."
"Suppose I try," said Mr. Hale. "Everybody else has had their turn at this great difficulty. Now let me try. I may be the Cinderella to put on the slipper after all."
Margaret could hardly smile at this little joke, so oppressed was she by her visit to the Higginses.
"What would you do, papa? How would you set about it?"
"Why, I should apply to some good house-mother to recommend me one known to herself or her servants."

'Have you found a servant, dear?'
'No, mamma, not yet.'
'Suppose I try,' said Mr. Hale. 'Everybody else has had their turn. I may be the Cinderella to put on the slipper after all.'
Margaret could hardly smile at this little joke, so oppressed was she by her visit to the Higginses.
'How would you set about it, Papa?'
'Why, I would apply to some good house-mother to recommend me someone.'
