She nodded, having remembered vaguely the man in question only because she overheard a little bit of the complaints, though not enough for her to want to eavesdrop. She was a servant now, yes, but she couldn't stand gossip of any kind and she knew that servants liked to talk to other servants about their employers, having overheard her father's servants blabbing about something her brother had done once. It was a rude practice. "I remember," she said. At his next words, she said, "I am from Massachusetts, sir... Boston."