Humph! it looks funny to me." Asaph rose and pushed back his chair.
"I cal'late she called to see Emily," he said sharply.

"The child was her scholar, and I presume likely, knowin' the kind of father that has turned up for the poor young one, she felt sorry for her.

Of course, nobody's hintin' anything against Phoebe Dawes's character.

If you want a certificate of that, you've only got to go to Wellmouth.

Folks over there are pretty keen on that subject.