But if the ways o' the family are altered, it sha'n't be _my_ fault; _I'll_ never be the one to come into a house when all the rest are going away.

I wonder _at_ sister Deane,--she used to be more like me.

But if you'll take my advice, Bessy, you'll put the dinner forrard a bit, sooner than put it back, because folks are late as ought to ha' known better." "Oh dear, there's no fear but what they'll be all here in time, sister," said Mrs.Tulliver, in her mild-peevish tone.

"The dinner won't be ready till half-past one.

But if it's long for you to wait, let me fetch you a cheesecake and a glass o' wine." "Well, Bessy!" said Mrs.Glegg, with a bitter smile and a scarcely perceptible toss of her head, "I should ha' thought you'd known your own sister better.