| Patsy, however, was taught the use of the hypodermic needle, which Maud and Beth quite understood. |
| Maud had a lovely manner and kind nature and she was very popular with her neighbours in Kilbeg. |
| Mrs. Burns-Cooper, spurred by her mother-in-law, escalates the attack by criticizing Maud Martha's potato parings as too thick. |
| Would you believe that Maud has the temerity to lie about her birthday? |
| Maud Martha's refusal to purchase the millinery concoction, even at a substantially discounted price, reaffirms her sense of self. |
| All this, in frankness, to show my first impression, after long denial of women in general and of Maud Brewster in particular. |
