Premise: It would be worked to death and treated like a slave .<br>At first they tried to pump Freda concerning Mrs. Wilson 's treatment of her , but Freda was not to be pumped .<br>She was a quiet little mite , with big , wistful dark eyes that had a disconcerting fashion of looking the gossips out of countenance .<br>But if Freda had been disposed to complain , the North Point people would have found out that they had been only too correct in their predictions .<br>`` Mrs. Wilson , '' Freda said timidly that night , `` why have n't we got a grave ? ''
Hypothesis: Freda was pumped with air.