GRANDMA. You have scrubbed the cellar?
PAULINE (_curtseying_) Yes'm.
GRANDMA. And the garret? And the first floor? And the second floor?
PAULINE, (_curtseying_) Yes'm.
GRANDMA. Very good, very good, Pauline. Then, when you have finished
scrubbing this class room, you may scrub the front porch and the stable.
Then it will be time to scrub the cellar again. You are doing very
nicely.
PAULINE. Yes'm, thank you, mam. (_curtsey_) But I was thinkin', mam,
maybe I could have a little more tuition, and a little less work. "Work
and tuition" was what the advertisement said, mam, an' I've seen nothin'
but the work yet.
GRANDMA. My dear child! My dear, sweet child! I don't understand you.
You have done no work yet.
PAULINE. (_looking at her dress and at pail and mop_) I've done no work?
I wonder, now, what I have been doin'!
GRANDMA. (_placidly_) You have been receiving your tuition. In this
academy the study of Household Science begins with the rudiments.
Scrubbing is one of the rudiments. As a new scholar you begin with the
rudiments, of course. And I must say you are doing very well. You are
making excellent progress. Apply yourself earnestly to your lessons and
in a short time you will be promoted to another class. (PAULINE _stands
with her mouth open as_ GRANDMA _talks. She seems to be stunned_) Let me
see you scrub, Pauline.
PAULINE. (_dropping on her knees and taking brush from pail_) Yes'm.
GRANDMA. Don't forget your curtsey, Pauline.