She stood at the foot of thebed in her usual
correct attitude, her hands under her white apron.
I was in Marys room, and all at once he came to the
door andlifted his finger, looking at me sharp.
We got a little cabin here, where passengers waits.
Blake sat contemplating the envelopehe had brought. Most people, though not all,
believedthat diphtheria was catching.
Hes a better nursethan any of the women around
here. Fairhead said he would go: Whitfordcould carry him back to Mrs.
Ever since I could remember anything, I had heard
about Nancy. Hes a better nursethan any of the women around here.
Idarent leave the house, and not a soul has come
along the roadtill you.
Rachel and Tilltogether would keep things up as
they ought to be.
Thedarky men never went about the place without
some sort of hat ontheir heads. It was the lastday I would have chosen to stay
indoors.
Its hard for a body to know what to do, sometimes,
she murmuredto herself.
Fairhead said he would go: Whitfordcould carry him
back to Mrs.
More for herself, maybe, the miller
sighed.
Now she did not leave her bed until tea-time. He
says dats all a pack a lies bout demrisin to de top in fo days. Whitfords son
enlisted in the Northern army, as his fathersson might be expected to
do.
Blake didnt believe she hadheard her at all. Blake
was going to a prayermeeting at the church.
And you take one of the boys along, to carry a
bundle ofclean sheets and pillowcases.
Now maybe you knows whenNancy is comin home? You
are good toa great many folks, Sapphy. He had never understood his wife very well,
but he had alwaysbeen proud of her.
The steps at the back were let down, my father
reached up to handsomeone out.
But the first thing he did was to liftMary on his
arm and hold a glass one-third full to her lips.