Quotation from: Villette

Written by: Charlotte Bronte

"Monsieur ought to have kept count of that," said Rosine, quite
readily.

"As if I had not something better to do!" rejoined he; but I saw him
give her a piece of gold, which she took unscrupulously, and then
danced off to answer the door-bell, ringing just now every five
minutes, as the various servants came to fetch the half-boarders.