"You certainly don't need to do such silly things," she said scoldingly,
as soon as they were on the stairs, where her words could not be
overheard. "I have enough to do nowadays without watching whether you
put on a new dress every few hours."
"It isn't my fault," Cornelli replied morosely. "They ordered me to do
it."
"They won't always smell it when you have been to the stable," scolded
Miss Mina.
"Yes, but they do smell it," Cornelli retorted, "and even if they
didn't, I should have to obey. They told me to change every time I go
to the stable."
"Yes, but now you are told not to go there any more, remember that!--so
your frequent changing will have to stop," grumbled Miss Mina, while
she was helping Cornelli to take off her hot dress.
"Now I have to clean it, besides! You actually give more work than six
well brought up children." Miss Mina had never before spoken so roughly
to Cornelli, for she had always been anxious to keep in the child's
good graces. But she had suddenly ceased to care about that.
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