"I'm sure she had the same as the rest if she had been a mind to taken
it."
"How do you dare to stand there and answer me in that way? I'll have you
punished if you dare to open your mouth again."
O'Brien's face grew red, she opened her lips to retort just as I arrived
to where they stood. I stepped between them.
"O'Brien, will you get a bucket of coal? I want more steam as soon as I
can have it."
"Yes, ma'am," and she started away; but she looked up at me as she went
as much to say, you have saved me.