She and her daughters were proud because they had plenty to eat and lived in peace and quiet, but they did not take care of the poor and the underprivileged.
When her owners realized that their chance of making money was gone, they seized Paul and Silas and dragged them to the authorities in the public square.
They also learn to waste their time in going around from house to house; but even worse, they learn to be gossips and busybodies, talking of things they should not.