-LSB- Illustration -RSB- ` Do you know how to sew ? ' asked Miss Ophelia , quite shocked . ` No , missis . ' ` What can you do ? What did you do for your master and mistress ? ' ` Fetch water , and wash dishes , and clean knives , and wait on folks . ' ` Well , now , Topsy , I 'm going to show you just how my bed is to be made . I am very particular about my bed . You must learn exactly how to do it . ' ` Yes , missis , ' said Topsy , with a deep sigh and a face of woeful earnestness . ` Now , Topsy , look here . This is the hem of the sheet . This is the right side of the sheet . This is the wrong . Will you remember ? ' ` Yes , missis , ' said Topsy with another sigh . ` Well , now , the under-sheet you must bring over the bolster -- so , and tuck it right down under the mattress nice and smooth -- so . Do you see ? ' ` Yes , missis . ' ` But the upper sheet , ' said Miss Ophelia , ` must be brought down in this way , and tucked under , firm and smooth , at the foot -- so , the narrow hem at the foot . '
` Yes , missis , ' said XXXXX as before .
Illustration Ophelia Topsy bed face mattress missis right sheet water