"you don't know her as i do. she is a curious mixture. she's double-natured. you called her the philanthropist just now. well, she would be one, if if she could bear to part with money. yes, i know it sounds ridiculous. but it's so. she is mean about money, but she honestly hates to hear of anybody treating poor people badly. if my stepfather were really the owner of those tenements, and she should find it out, she would have nothing more to do with him. it's true. i know her."