business, and I shouldn't wonder if Brotherand Sister Cobb happened in. Don't go downcellar, I'll be there in a minute to do the running."Miranda and Jane exchanged glances.
銆��"Ain't she the beatin'est creetur that ever wasborn int' the world!" exclaimed Miranda; "but shecan turn off work when she's got a mind to!"At quarter past five everything was ready, andthe neighbors, those at least who were within sightof the brick house (a prominent object in thelandscape when there were no leaves on the trees),were curious almost to desperation. Shades up inboth parlors! Shades up in the two south bedrooms!
銆��And fires--if human vision was to be reliedon--fires in about every room. If it had notbeen for the kind offices of a lady who had been atthe meeting, and who charitably called in at one ortwo houses and explained the reason of all thispreparation, there would have been no sleep in manyfamilies.
銆��The missionary party arrived promptly, and therewere but two children, seven or eight having beenleft with the
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