"Why have we tongues, then?" asked Jessy pertly; while Rose only looked at her mother with an expression that seemed to say she should take that maxim in and think it over at her leisure. After two minutes' grave deliberation, she asked, "And why especially girls, mother?"

"Why have we tongues, then?" asked Jessy pertly; while Rose only looked at her mother with grave deliberation, before asking, "And why especially girls, mother?"
