"Does it not occur to you, Mr Stevens, that to dismiss Ruth and Sarah on these

grounds would be simply - wrong? I will not stand for such things. I will not

work in a house in which such things can occur."

 

"Miss Kenton, I will ask you not to excite yourself and to conduct yourself in a

manner befitting your position. This is a very straightforward matter. If his

lordship wishes these particular contracts to be discontinued, then there is

little more to be said."

 

"I am warning you, Mr Stevens, I will not continue to work in such a house. If

my girls are dismissed, I will leave also."

 

"Miss Kenton, I am surprised to find you reacting in this manner. Surely I don't

have to remind you that our professional duty is not to our own foibles and

sentiments, but to the wishes of our employer."

 

"I am, telling you, Mr Stevens, if you dismiss my girls tomorrow, it will be

wrong, a sin as any sin ever was one and I will not continue to work in such a

house."

 

"Miss Kenton, let me suggest to you that you are hardly well placed to be

passing judgements of such a high and mighty nature. The fact is, the world of

today is a very complicated and treacherous place. There are many things you and

I are simply not in a position to understand concerning, say, the nature of