"A poor man's wife," Rebecca replied gaily, "must make herself useful, you know"; on which her brother-in-law vowed that "she was fit to be the wife of an Emperor, and that to be skilful in domestic duties was surely one of the most charming of woman's qualities." 
"A poor man's wife must make herself useful," Rebecca replied gaily.
Her brother-in-law vowed that "skill in domestic duties was surely one of the most charming of woman's qualities." 