Tilly led him to the table, and pulled back a chair for him, and he lifted her into hers, and as Mary set dish after dish of food on the table, Tilly filled in every pause that threatened to grow awkward with her chatter.
Dannie had been a very lonely man, and he did love Mary's cooking.
Until then he had not realized how sore a trial six months of his own had been.
"If I was a praying mon, I'd ask a blessing, and thank God fra this food," said Dannie.
"What's the matter with me ?" asked Mary.
"I have never yet found anything," answered Dannie.

"And I do thank ye fra everything.

I believe I'm most thankful of all fra the clean clothes and the clean bed.

I'm afraid I was neglectin' myself, Mary." "Will, you'll not be neglected any more," said Mary.

"Things have turned over a new leaf here.