She says that her mamlet is all ready to put on, and as soon as that is done you shall have the kettle in welcome." Poor Aunt Mary was, for a few minutes, mute with astonishment.

On recovering herself, she did not storm and fret.

Indeed, she was never guilty of these little housewife effervescences, usually taking every trouble with a degree of Christian meekness that it would have been well for many in the village, even the minister's wife, to have imitated.
"Well, Hannah," she said, heaving a sigh, "we shall have to wait, I suppose, until Mrs.Tompkins has finished her marmalade.

But I am afraid all these preserves will be spoiled.

Unless done over immediately on their beginning to work, they get a flavour that is not pleasant.